端起碗吃肉,放下筷子骂娘

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

duān

old variant of 端[duan1]

to rise

wǎn

bowl

chī

variant of 吃[chi1]

ròu

meat

,

fàng

to put

xià

down

kuài

chopstick

zi

noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"

variant of 罵|骂[ma4]

niáng

variant of 娘[niang2]