(lit.) firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea; (fig.) life's daily necessities
trad. 柴米油鹽醬醋茶
Also written 柴米油鹽醬醋茶【chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá】
Characters in this word
7柴
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surname Chai
- Pinyin
- Chái
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 16820 of 2500
米
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surname Mi
- Pinyin
- Mǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1106 of 2500
油
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oil, fat, grease, petroleum, to apply tung oil, paint or varnish, oily, greasy, glib, cunning
- Pinyin
- yóu
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4405 of 2500
盐
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salt, CL:粒[li4]
- Pinyin
- yán
- Traditional
- 鹽
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 6753 of 2500
酱
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thick paste of fermented soybean, marinated in soy paste, paste, jam
- Pinyin
- jiàng
- Traditional
- 醬
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 4930 of 2500
醋
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vinegar, jealousy (in love rivalry)
- Pinyin
- cù
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 16537 of 2500
茶
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tea, tea plant, CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
- Pinyin
- chá
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1901 of 2500