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端起碗吃肉，放下筷子罵娘

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Mandarin · pinyin duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng

lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom)
fig. to complain despite being privileged
to be ungrateful for what one has been given

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端: duān · end, extreme; head; beginning
起: qǐ · rise, stand up; go up; begin
碗: wǎn · bowl, small dish
吃: chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
肉: ròu · flesh; meat; Kangxi radical 130
放: fàng · put, release, free, liberate
下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
筷: kuài · chopsticks
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
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娘: niáng · mother; young girl; woman; wife
骂: mà · accuse, blame, curse, scold

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