开司米 (開司米)
kāi sī mǐ
Pinyin
Definition
开司米 (開司米)
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- cashmere (loanword)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (10)
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
司空见惯
- 1 a common occurrence (idiom)
司马昭之心路人皆知
- 1 lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
- 2 fig. an open secret
巧妇难为无米之炊
- 1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.