柴米油鹽醬醋茶
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Chinese[edit]
firewood | rice; metre | oil; sly | salt | jam; thick sauce | vinegar | tea; tea plant | ||
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trad. (柴米油鹽醬醋茶) | 柴 | 米 | 油 | 鹽 | 醬 | 醋 | 茶 | |
simp. (柴米油盐酱醋茶) | 柴 | 米 | 油 | 盐 | 酱 | 醋 | 茶 | |
Literally: “firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea”. |
Etymology[edit]
From a poem in the Yuan Dynasty dynasty play 劉行首/刘行首.
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
柴米油鹽醬醋茶