五斗米 wǔdòumǐ

wǔdòumǐ set phrase five pecks of rice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Often a reference to the small amount of an official's salary (Guoyu '五斗米')

Contained in

• 五斗米道 Way of Five Pecks of Rice

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷八 魏書八 二公孫陶四張傳 Volume 8: Book of Wei 8 - Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 2
• 第四十七回 Chapter 47 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 卷二十六 天文志 Volume 26: Treatise on Astronomy Book of Han 漢書 — count: 1
• 卷二百八十一 列傳第一百六十九 循吏 Volume 281 Biographies 169: Virtuous Officials History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 卷七十五　列傳第六十五 隱逸上 Volume 75 Biographies 65: Recluses 1 History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
• 卷九十三 列傳第五十三 隱逸 Volume 93 Biographies 53: Hermits Book of Song 宋書 — count: 1
• 《天官書》 Astronomy Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
• 卷九十四 列傳第六十四 隱逸 Volume 94 Biographies 64: Hermits and Recluses Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1

Collocations

• 五斗米折腰 (五斗米折腰) 吾不能為五斗米折腰 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十四 列傳第六十四 隱逸 Volume 94 Biographies 64: Hermits and Recluses — count: 3