当家才知柴米价，养儿方晓父母恩當家才知柴米價，養兒方曉父母恩當家才知柴米價，養兒方曉父母恩

only running the household do you learn the price of firewood and rice; only raising a child do you know parents' kindness

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: You understand things truly only through personal experience.

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Simplified: 当家才知柴米价，养儿方晓父母恩
Traditional (Taiwan): 當家才知柴米價，養兒方曉父母恩
Pinyin: dāngjiā cái zhī cháimǐ jià, yǎngr fāng xiǎo fùmǔ ēn
Bopomofo: ㄉㄤㄐㄧㄚㄘㄞˊ ㄓㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ，ㄧㄤˇㄦㄈㄤㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ ㄣ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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