憂柴憂米 (jau1 caai4 jau1 mai5) — living from hand to mouth in Cantonese
jauˉ¹憂caaiˎ₄柴jauˉ¹憂maiˏ₅米简 忧柴忧米
Mandarin Pinyin: you1 chai2 you1 mi3
Meaning of 憂柴憂米
nounliving from hand to mouth
nounverb; literally, worry about wood and rice, which means people worry about living