米珠薪桂
mǐ​zhū​xīn​guì

exorbitant cost of living

  • created reference approved 米珠薪桂 → 薪桂米珠 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    米珠薪桂 mǐ​zhū​xīn​guì

    薪桂米珠 xīn​guì​mǐ​zhū

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 米珠薪桂 · mǐ​zhū​xīn​guì · exorbitant cost of living — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    米珠薪桂

    mǐ​zhū​xīn​guì

    exorbitant cost of living

    The cost of living is extremely high; rice is as expensive as pearls and firewood as costly as cassia wood

    米 (literal) → 米 · mǐ · rice 珠 (literal) → 珠 · zhū · pearl 薪 (literal) → 薪 · xīn · firewood 桂 (literal) → 桂 · guì · cinnamon or laurel

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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