(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

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