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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.firewood; faggot; fuel
釜底抽薪
take the firewood away from under the cooking cauldron
采木为薪
gather wood for fuel
米珠薪桂
rice as expensive as pearls and firewood as much as cassia
- 2
n.salary; wages
薪水
salary
加薪
increase the salary
低薪
low wage
Words and phrases with 薪
- 薪俸[word]salary
- 薪传[word]the passing of knowledge from a teacher to a student
- 薪给[word]salary
- 薪材[word]yule logs
- 薪金[word]wage
- 薪资[word]pay
- 薪炭林[word]fuel/fuelwood forest
- 薪水[word]salary
- 薪饷[word]soldier's pay and rations
- 薪尽火传[idiom]As one piece of fuel is consumed, the flame passes to another—the torch of learning is passed on from teacher to student.