粵

食sik6玉juk6炊ceoi1桂gwai3

sik6 juk6 ceoi1 gwai3inferredshí yù chuī guì

English

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

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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