柴薪
chái xīn
Pinyin

Definition

柴薪
 - 
chái xīn
  1. firewood

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiā xīn
  1. 1 to raise salary
nián xīn
  1. 1 annual salary
yuè xīn
  1. 1 monthly income (in kind)
Chái
  1. 1 surname Chai
huǒ chái
  1. 1 match (for lighting fire)
  2. 2 classifier: 根 gēn
  3. 3 classifier: 盒 hé

Idioms (15)

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)
厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
  1. 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hidden danger
  3. 3 imminent danger
抱薪救火
bào xīn jiù huǒ
  1. 1 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
救焚益薪
jiù fén yì xīn
  1. 1 add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
  2. 2 to add fuel to the fire
曲突徙薪
qū tū xǐ xīn
  1. 1 lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take preventive measures