柴米油盐酱醋茶

柴米油鹽醬醋茶
cháimǐyóuyánjiàngcùchá
  1. lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea
  2. fig. life's daily necessities

CEDICT

daily necessities

Wiktionary

日常生活必备的七样东西。

重編國語辭典

日常生活必备的七样东西

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 柴米油盐 cháimǐyóuyán
  1. lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom)
  2. fig. life's daily necessities
2 酱 jiàng
  1. thick paste of fermented soybean
  2. marinated in soy paste
  3. paste
  4. jam
3 醋 cù
  1. vinegar
  2. jealousy (in love rivalry)
4 茶 chá
  1. tea
  2. tea plant

classifiers: 杯, 壺

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柴米油盐 cháimǐyóuyán
  1. lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom)
  2. fig. life's daily necessities
油盐酱醋 yóuyánjiàngcù
  1. lit. oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar (idiom)
  2. fig. life's daily necessities