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柴米油盐酱醋茶

chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá

7-character word Traditional 柴米油鹽醬醋茶

What 柴米油盐酱醋茶 means

1. (lit.) firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea
2. (fig.) life's daily necessities

The characters in 柴米油盐酱醋茶

• 柴cháifirewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
• 米mǐuncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 盐yánsalt
• 酱jiàngthick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste
• 醋cùvinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
• 茶chátea; tea plant