薪xīn?? （柴火） firewood; faggot; fuel
? （薪水） salary; wages; pay: 發(fā) ～ pay out the salary
◆薪材 yule logs; 薪俸 salary; pay; 薪工稅 payroll tax; 薪桂米珠 fuel (as dear) as cassia and rice grain (as dear) as pearls; rice as precious as pearls and firewood as costly as cassia; high cost of living; 薪給 salary; pay; 薪金 salary; pay; emolument; wage; earnings; 薪盡火傳 As one piece of fuel is consumed, the flame passes to another.; The torch of learning is passed on from teacher to student and from generation to generation.; pass on the torch of learning; 薪水 salary; pay; wages; 薪餉 {舊} soldier's pay and rations; 薪資 salary; pay; wages 薪?firewood;feul;faggot
?salary
杯水車～try to put out a burning cartload of faggots with a cup of water—action falling far short of the need;utterly inadequate measure;drop in the bucket/釜底抽～take away the firewood from under the caudron—tackle(or address) the root cause of a problem; cut the ground from under one’s feet;take drastic measure to deal with the situation/年～yearly(or annual) salary/月～monthly salary/發(fā)～日pay day/帶～休假paid holiday;paid vacation/加～increase (or raise) one’s salary |