粟米
sù mǐ
Pinyin
Definition
粟米
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- corn
- maize (dialect)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (9)
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
巧妇难为无米之炊
- 1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
沧海一粟
- 1 a drop in the ocean (idiom)
生米做成熟饭
- 1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
- 2 It's too late to change anything now.
- 3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭