柴米油盐酱醋茶
chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá
Pinyin

Definition

柴米油盐酱醋茶
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chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá
  1. lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea
  2. fig. life's daily necessities

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

加油
jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil
  2. 2 to top up with gas
  3. 3 to refuel
  4. 4 to accelerate
  5. 5 to step on the gas
  6. 6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
  7. 7 to cheer sb on
油
yóu
  1. 1 oil
  2. 2 fat
  3. 3 grease
  4. 4 petroleum
  5. 5 to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. 6 oily
  7. 7 greasy
  8. 8 glib
  9. 9 cunning
米
Mǐ
  1. 1 surname Mi
茶
chá
  1. 1 tea
  2. 2 tea plant
  3. 3 CL:杯[bēi],壺|壶[hú]
虾米
xiā mǐ
  1. 1 small shrimp
  2. 2 dried, shelled shrimps
加油站
jiā yóu zhàn
  1. 1 gas station
原油
yuán yóu
  1. 1 crude oil
吃醋
chī cù
  1. 1 to feel jealous
大米
dà mǐ
  1. 1 (husked) rice
奶油
nǎi yóu
  1. 1 cream
  2. 2 butter
奶茶
nǎi chá
  1. 1 milk tea
小米
Xiǎo mǐ
  1. 1 Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010
平方米
píng fāng mǐ
  1. 1 square meter
平米
píng mǐ
  1. 1 square meter
  2. 2 short for 平方米
抹茶
mǒ chá
  1. 1 green tea powder (Japanese: matcha)
指甲油
zhǐ jia yóu
  1. 1 nail polish
提拉米苏
tí lā mǐ sū
  1. 1 tiramisu (loanword)
早茶
zǎo chá
  1. 1 morning tea
普洱茶
Pǔ ěr chá
  1. 1 Pu'er tea from the Pu'er region of Yunnan
柴
Chái
  1. 1 surname Chai

Idioms (20)

三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
  1. 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
  2. 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 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
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
  1. 1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
柴门小户
chái mén xiǎo hù
  1. 1 woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel
  2. 2 fig. my humble house
残茶剩饭
cán chá shèng fàn
  1. 1 spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal
  2. 2 crumbs from the feast
油光可鉴
yóu guāng kě jiàn
  1. 1 lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)
  2. 2 lustrous
油然而生
yóu rán ér shēng
  1. 1 arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
  2. 2 to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
滚油煎心
gǔn yóu jiān xīn
  1. 1 to suffer mental anguish (idiom)
火上加油
huǒ shàng jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse
火上浇油
huǒ shàng jiāo yóu
  1. 1 to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse
烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái
  1. 1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
  2. 2 fig. consuming passion between lovers
生米做成熟饭
shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
  3. 3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 the rice is cooked
  2. 2 what's done is done
  3. 3 it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
生米熟饭
shēng mǐ shú fàn
  1. 1 abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
  1. 1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
众人拾柴火焰高
zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo
  1. 1 when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
  2. 2 the more people, the more strength
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
米已成炊
mǐ yǐ chéng chuī
  1. 1 lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. what is done cannot be undone
茶饭不思
chá fàn bù sī
  1. 1 no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2 to have no appetite

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