Lingaku- food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)
- the cost of living is very high
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- food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)
This idiom is used to highlight the high cost of living, indicating that basic necessities are more expensive than valuable materials.
Living expenses are getting higher and higher; it's truly food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia.
In this city, renting a house and dining are too expensive, it's completely food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia.
Generated collocations (experimental)
shí yù chuī guì食玉炊桂the cost of living is very highshēng huó生活chéng běn成本Gāo高high cost of livingwù jià物价fēi zhǎng飞涨prices are soaringjīng jì经济yā lì压力dà大economic pressure is highxiāo fèi消费shuǐ píng水平Gāo高high consumption levelshē chǐ奢侈xiāo fèi消费luxury spendingshēng huó生活fèi yòng费用zēng jiā增加increased living expensespín fù chā jù贫富差距kuò dà扩大widening wealth gapgōng xū供需máo dùn矛盾supply and demand contradictionyù suàn预算jǐn zhāng紧张tight budgetjiā tíng家庭kāi zhī开支household expenseskùn rǎo困扰jiā tíng家庭troubles for families