1. (literary) firewood; fuel2. (bound form) salary
薪水 xīn shuǐ HSK 6 前 5000 名 最常用的 5,000 个词之一 1. salary2. wage
lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
1. (lit.) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾践[gōu jiàn], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)2. (fig.) to maintain one's resolve for revenge
1. basic salary2. base pay3. salary floor
leave of absence without pay
1. (old) (military and police) pay; wages2. (Tw) salary
1. to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc)2. paid (leave)3. on full pay
to receive a raise in salary
1. to owe wages2. back pay3. wages arrears
(of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another, abbr. for 薪尽火传[xīn jìn huǒ chuán]
1. pay2. remuneration3. salary4. reward+1 条 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
1. add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse2. to add fuel to the fire
1. lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)2. fig. to take preventive measures
to add fuel to the flames
1. lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)2. fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
1. to take drastic measures to deal with a situation2. to pull the carpet from under sb
policy of high pay to discourage corruption
variant of 卧薪尝胆[wò xīn cháng dǎn]
see 薪火相传[xīn huǒ xiāng chuán]
1. unpaid leave2. leave without pay
1. lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)2. fig. hidden danger3. imminent danger
high salary, generous remuneration
(Tw) leave of absence without pay