不當家不知柴米貴 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 不当家不知柴米贵 bùdāngjiābùzhīcháimǐguì ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄤ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom) Character by character 不(bù)no 當(dāng)be 家(jiā)home 不(bù)no 知(zhī)know 柴(chái)surname Chai 米(mǐ)surname Mi 貴(guì)short name for Guizhou 贵州 guìzhōu A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0