馔玉炊珠 — “Food like jade, cooking with pearls”
馔玉炊珠 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “originally described extremely high prices for food and fuel, making life difficult; later used to describe lavish and extravagant living with sumptuous meals and costly provisions”. Literally, “food like jade, cooking with pearls”.
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What does 馔玉炊珠 mean?
馔玉炊珠 (zhuàn yù chuī zhū) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “originally described extremely high prices for food and fuel, making life difficult; later used to describe lavish and extravagant living with sumptuous meals and costly provisions”.
How do you pronounce 馔玉炊珠?
馔玉炊珠 is pronounced zhuàn yù chuī zhū in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 馔玉炊珠 literally mean?
Literally, 馔玉炊珠 means “food like jade, cooking with pearls”. It is used to mean “originally described extremely high prices for food and fuel, making life difficult; later used to describe lavish and extravagant living with sumptuous meals and costly provisions”.
What is the Chinese definition of 馔玉炊珠?
食品贵如玉，燃料贵似金。原形容物价昂贵，生活艰难；后形容生活奢华。