柴米 cháimǐ

cháimǐ noun firewood and grain; daily necessities
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, the idiom 柴米夫妻 'married in order to have daily necessities' (ABC 'cháimǐ' 柴米, p. 89; Guoyu '柴米')

Contained in

• 不当家不知柴米贵(不當家不知柴米貴) a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is
• 柴米油盐(柴米油鹽) firewood, rice, oil and salt; life's daily necessities
• 柴米油盐酱醋茶(柴米油鹽醬醋茶) firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea; life's daily necessities
• 柴米夫妻 married in order to have daily necessities

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• 第一百十九回 Chapter 119 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
• 卷五 本紀第五 文帝 Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Wen Book of Song 宋書 — count: 2
• 第一回 Chapter 1 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
• 第十一回 Chapter 11 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
• 第五十五回 Chapter 55 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 第二十八回 Chapter 28 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第二十一回 Chapter 21 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 第三回 Chapter 3 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 卷三十 本紀第三十 高宗七 Volume 30 Annals 30: Gaozong 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 1