柴米油鹽

lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities

Characters and words in 柴米油鹽

surname Chai

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) found new boots (此) under the Christmas tree (木) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) and is eager to try them out. He gets some firewood (柴), makes a fire and is amazed that with the boots he is able to walk over the fire. He is so amazed that he spontaneously walks all over the Christmas tree (like indicated in the character 柴).
firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person)

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) found new boots (此) under the Christmas tree (木) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) and is eager to try them out. He gets some firewood (柴), makes a fire and is amazed that with the boots he is able to walk over the fire. He is so amazed that he spontaneously walks all over the Christmas tree (like indicated in the character 柴).
surname Mi
rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a sack of rice.

Marilyn Monroe and the mean crocodile celebrate Christmas with a Christmas tree inside of the space station. Coincidentally they got each other the same present: each of them is giving the other one a sack of rice.
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning

= + : Maud Younger (y) is creating art in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is painting a picture using oil (油) paint and occasionally using water color stored in a water bottle (氵). She is nipping a cuba libre (由) and from time to time even using her drink as color for her picture.
salt / CL:粒[li4]

= + + : Maud Younger (y) finished cooking a dish in the anthill's kitchen (an2) when she finds that she's out of salt (盐). Her last hope is to put some dirt (土) in a bowl (皿) and trying to change it into salt (盐) using a voodoo staff (卜).

Words with 柴米油鹽

lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea / fig. life's daily necessities

Sentences with 柴米油鹽

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