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食玉炊桂 (sik6 juk6 ceoi1 gwai3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

食玉炊桂 (sik6 juk6 ceoi1 gwai3, 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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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 食七咁食 (sik6 cat1 gam2 sik6) — eating excessively or without manners (spoken)
• 食七噉食 (sik6 cat1 gam2 sik6) — to engorge (eat to excess); to gobble; to devour ravenously
• 食井水 (sik6 zeng2 seoi2) — (prostitutes) to get married; or women living on boats to get married to someon…
• 食人唔𦧲骨 (sik6 jan4 m4 loe1 gwat1) — (to eat someone and not spit out the bones); be ruthless and avaricious
• 食人族 (sik6 jan4 zuk6) — the cannibals
• 食人隻車 (sik6 jan4 zek3 geoi1) — to reap an excessively large profit from the other party in a deal

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