柴米油盐酱醋茶

lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea / fig. life's daily necessities

firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person)

rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)

oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning

lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities

salt / CL:粒[li4]

thick paste of fermented soybean / marinated in soy paste / paste / jam

(lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life

vinegar / jealousy (in love rivalry)

tea / tea plant / CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]