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柴米油盐
chái​mǐ​yóu​yán

daily necessities

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái​mǐ​yóu​yán
daily necessities
literally firewood, rice, oil, and salt; refers to the essential items needed for daily life or the mundane realities of running a household

Frequency

Written text
0.991 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)