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五斗米
wǔ​dǒu​mǐ

meager salary

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
五斗米 wǔ​dǒu​mǐ
meager salary
(literary) A small amount of grain or a meager salary; refers to the story of the poet 陶渊明 táo​yuān​míng who refused to bow to superiors for such a small reward
Five Pecks of Rice
A Daoist movement (五斗米道 wǔ​dǒu​mǐ​dào) founded by Zhang Daoling in the Eastern Han dynasty, named for the entrance fee of five pecks of rice