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食玉炊桂

shí yù chuī guì

Definitions

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

Child Words of 食玉炊桂

玉
yù
食
shí
炊
chuī
食
sì
桂
guì