薪桂米珠
xīn​guì​mǐ​zhū

prohibitively expensive

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

    薪桂米珠 xīn​guì​mǐ​zhū

    米珠薪桂 mǐ​zhū​xīn​guì

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 薪桂米珠 · xīn​guì​mǐ​zhū · prohibitively expensive — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    薪桂米珠

    xīn​guì​mǐ​zhū

    prohibitively expensive

    The cost of living is extremely high; used as a metaphor for soaring prices of basic necessities

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

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

    created sense