背人偷酒吃，冷暖自己知背人偷酒吃，冷暖自己知背人偷酒吃，冷暖自己知

sneaking off to drink stolen wine: only you know whether it's cold or warm

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Only the person concerned truly knows his own feelings and situation. Said when others cannot judge someone's private troubles or joys. Close to 'only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches'.
Wordplay: 冷 (lěng) means cold in temperature and also disappointed or discouraged; 暖 (nuǎn) means warm and also comfortable, so the line reads as both the wine's temperature and the drinker's feelings.

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Simplified: 背人偷酒吃，冷暖自己知
Pinyin: bèi rén tōu jiǔ chī, lěngnuǎn zìjǐ zhī
Bopomofo: ㄅㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄡㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄔ，ㄌㄥˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄓ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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