食玉炊桂 shí yù chuī guì

shí yù chuī guì set phrase food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '食玉炊桂')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷十六　楚三 Chapter 16: Chu III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 1
• 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
• 卷六 本紀第六: 後主 Volume 6: Houzhu Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 1

Collocations

• 臣食玉炊桂 (臣食玉炊桂) 今令臣食玉炊桂 — Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策, 卷十六　楚三 Chapter 16: Chu III — count: 2