食玉炊桂
shí​yù​chuī​guì

high cost of living

  • created sense approved 食玉炊桂 · shí​yù​chuī​guì · high cost of living — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    食玉炊桂

    shí​yù​chuī​guì

    high cost of living

    food is as precious as jade and firewood is more expensive than cassia wood; describes a situation where the cost of living is extremely high and life is difficult

    食 (literal) → 食 · shí · to eat 玉 (literal) → 玉 · yù · jade 炊桂 (literal) → 炊桂 · chuī​guì · scarcity of firewood

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

    created sense