包米
bāo mǐ
Pinyin
Definition
包米
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- (dialect) corn
- maize
- also written 苞米[bāo mǐ]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (18)
不当家不知柴米贵
- 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
- 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
- 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
- 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
包在我身上
- 1 leave it to me (idiom)
- 2 I'll take care of it
包子有肉不在褶上
- 1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
包打天下
- 1 to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business
- 2 not allow anyone else to have a look in