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

端

duān

old variant of 端[duan1]

起

qǐ

to rise

碗

wǎn

bowl

吃

chī

variant of 吃[chi1]

肉

ròu

meat

,

,

放

fàng

to put

下

xià

down

筷

kuài

chopstick

子

zi

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

骂

mà

variant of 罵|骂[ma4]

娘

niáng

variant of 娘[niang2]