薪xīn❶ （柴火） firewood; faggot; fuel
❷ （薪水） salary; wages; pay: 发 ～ pay out the salary
◆薪材 yule logs; 薪俸 salary; pay; 薪工税 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; 薪给 salary; pay; 薪金 salary; pay; emolument; wage; earnings; 薪尽火传 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; 薪饷 {旧} soldier's pay and rations; 薪资 salary; pay; wages 薪❶firewood;feul;faggot
❷salary
杯水车～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/发～日pay day/带～休假paid holiday;paid vacation/加～increase (or raise) one’s salary |