(lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar (idiom); (fig.) life's daily necessities
trad. 油鹽醬醋
Also written 油鹽醬醋【yóu yán jiàng cù】
Characters in this word
4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