mễ châu tân quế
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Rice dear as pearls, firewood dear as cinnamon — famine prices; the cost of bare survival gone mad.
Literally: rice-pearls and fuel-cinnamon
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “mễ châu tân quế” mean?
Rice dear as pearls, firewood dear as cinnamon — famine prices; the cost of bare survival gone mad. Literally: rice-pearls and fuel-cinnamon
Is “mễ châu tân quế” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.