身在福中不知福 [－－－－－－－]

Jyutping san1 zoi6 fuk1 zung1 bat1 zi1 fuk1
Pinyin shēn zài fú zhōng bù zhī fú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    過住​幸福​嘅​生活​，​都​唔​知​自己​好​幸福
    to fail to appreciate one's happiness when one is growing up in happiness
    • 好多人都身在福中不知福，其實喺冇戰爭嘅地方成長已經好幸運。
      好多人都身在福中不知福，其实喺冇战争嘅地方成长已经好幸运。
      hou2 do1 jan4 dou1 san1 zoi6 fuk1 zung1 bat1 zi1 fuk1, kei4 sat6 hai2 mou5 zin3 zang1 ge3 dei6 fong1 sing4 zoeng2 ji5 ging1 hou2 hang6 wan6.
      Many people don't appreciate the happiness that they have in their life. In fact, growing up in a place without wars is already very fortunate.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase
    to live in plenty without appreciating it; to be oblivious to the good life that one has (and hence be ungrateful)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    身在福中不知福
    身在福中不知福
    san1 zoi6 fuk1 zung1 bat1 zi1 fuk1
    • to take good fortune for granted
  2. Cantonese
    好多人都身在福中不知福，其实喺冇战争嘅地方成长已经好幸运。
    好多人都身在福中不知福，其實喺冇戰爭嘅地方成長已經好幸運。
    hou2 do1 jan4 dou1 san1 zoi6 fuk1 zung1 bat1 zi1 fuk1, kei4 sat6 hai2 mou5 zin3 zang1 ge3 dei6 fong1 sing4 zoeng2 ji5 ging1 hou2 hang6 wan6.
    • Many people don't appreciate the happiness that they have in their life. In fact, growing up in a place without wars is already very fortunate.