食玉炊桂
食玉炊桂
shí yù chuī guì
food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom); the cost of living is very high
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- (idiom) food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)
- the cost of living is very high
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Related Words
伙食费(huǒ shí fèi)— food expenses
→一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn)— lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
→如花似玉(rú huā sì yù)— delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom)
→宝玉(bǎo yù)— precious jade
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