created sense approved 五斗米 · wǔdǒumǐ · meager salary — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
五斗米
wǔdǒumǐ
meager salary
(literary) A small amount of grain or a meager salary; refers to the story of the poet [[陶渊明|陶淵明|tao2 yuan1 ming2]] who refused to bow to superiors for such a small reward
五 (literal) → 五 · wǔ · five 斗 (literal) → 斗 · dǒu · [unit of volume] 米 (literal) → 米 · mǐ · rice
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created sense approved 五斗米 · wǔdǒumǐ · Five Pecks of Rice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
五斗米
wǔdǒumǐ
Five Pecks of Rice
A Daoist movement ([[五斗米道|五斗米道|wu3 dou3 mi3 dao4]]) founded by Zhang Daoling in the Eastern Han dynasty, named for the entrance fee of five pecks of rice
五 (literal) → 五 · wǔ · five 斗 (literal) → 斗 · dǒu · [unit of volume] 米 (literal) → 米 · mǐ · rice
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition