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柴米油鹽 (caai4 mai5 jau4 jim4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

柴米油鹽 (caai4 mai5 jau4 jim4, chái mǐ yóu yán) — (lit.) firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom); (fig.) life's daily necessities

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 柴台 (caai4 toi4) — to boo someone off stage; to disturb a performance
• 柴灣 (caai4 waan1) — Chai Wan, an MTR station in Hong Kong
• 柴魚 (caai4 jyu4) — a stock fish; dried cod
• 柴可夫 (caai4 ho2 fu1) — a chauffeur [colloquial]
• 柴哇哇 (caai4 waa1 waa1) — for fun; a group of people hanging out to have fun [written and colloquial]
• 柴娃娃 (caai4 waa1 waa1) — for fun; a group of people hanging out to have fun [written and colloquial]

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