如人飲水，冷暖自知

Chinese
as (if); such as man; person; people to drink water coldness and warmness; daily changes in temperature to be personally aware
trad. (如人飲水，冷暖自知) 如 人 飲水 ， 冷暖 自知
simp. (如人饮水，冷暖自知) 如 人 饮水 ， 冷暖 自知
Literally: “Only the person who drinking the water knows whether it is warm or cold.”

Etymology

From The Transmission of the Lamp (《景德傳燈錄》卷第四).

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rú rén yǐn shuǐ, lěng nuǎn zì zhī
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ, ㄌㄥˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄓ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: rú rén yǐn shuǐ, lěng nuǎn zì zhī [Phonetic: rúrényínshuǐ,léngnuǎnzìzhī]
      • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ, ㄌㄥˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄓ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru ren yyin shoei, leeng noan tzyh jy
      • IPA (key): /ʐu³⁵ ʐən³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Proverb

如人飲水，冷暖自知

  1. One must personally experience something in order to know what it's like.
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