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')

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不当家不知柴米贵 、 柴米油盐 、 柴米夫妻 、 柴米油盐酱醋茶

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• Scroll 9 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 1