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Here’s the idiom 「柴米油鹽」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Generally refers to the daily necessities for three meals a day.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chái mǐ yóu yán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chaai4 mai5 yau2/yau4 yim4
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