食玉炊桂 shí yù chuī guì

very high prices; very high cost of living

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

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

Characters

Character Meaning
食 shí HSK 5
to eat; food; animal feed
玉 yù HSK 5
jade
炊 chuī HSK 6
to cook food
桂 guì
cassia