柴米

不当家不知柴米贵。

You 'll never know how much it takes to support a family until you manage one .

年岁又不好，柴米又贵；

The harvest is not good this year .

中国的现代化之路还很漫长，要治理好13亿人口的大国，绕不开柴米油盐酱醋茶，也就是说，要关注最基本的民生问题。

Chinas road to modernization is a long one . To govern such a big country with 1.3 billion people , it is essential to meet peoples basic daily needs .

俗话说，开门七件事：柴米油盐酱醋茶，可见茶在人类生活中扮演着极为重要的角色。

The common saying , open door , seven things : firewood , rice , oil , salt , sauce , vinegar and tea , which shows that the tea plays the extremely important role in mankind 's life .

家里饭菜有名的汪处厚说，就是学校替导师出饭钱，导师家里照样要开饭，少一个人吃，并不省柴米。

Wang ch'u-hou , whose home cooking was famous , said that even if the school did pay for the tutors'meals , their families had to cook just the same , and that one less person eating made no difference in the cost of fuel and rice .