何不食肉糜

lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight

surname He

what / how / why / which / carry

why not? / why not do (sth)?

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

to feed (a person or animal)

carnivorous

meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130

minced meat

surname Mi

millet

rice gruel / rotten / to waste (money)