食玉炊桂

shí yù chuī guì

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Definitions

  1. 1. food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)
  2. 2. the cost of living is very high

Child Words of 食玉炊桂

玉
yù

jade

桂
guì

cassia

炊
chuī

to cook food

食
shí

to eat

食
sì

to feed (a person or animal)