柴米油盐 — Chinese idiom
柴米油盐
chái mǐ yóu yán
Traditional: 柴米油鹽
Meaning
- (lit.) firewood, rice, oil and salt
- (fig.) life's daily necessities
Character by character
- 柴cháifirewood, faggots, fuel; surname
- 米mǐrice, millet, grain
- 油yóuoil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints
- 盐yánsalt
Idioms sharing a character
- 干柴烈火 gān chái liè huǒ
- 柴门小户 chái mén xiǎo hù
- 骨瘦如柴 gǔ shòu rú chái
- 生米熟饭 shēng mǐ shú fàn
- 米已成炊 mǐ yǐ chéng chuī
- 油光可鉴 yóu guāng kě jiàn
- 油然而生 yóu rán ér shēng
- 油盐不进 yóu yán bù jìn
- 油盐酱醋 yóu yán jiàng cù
- 添油加醋 tiān yóu jiā cù
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