吃穿用度 meaning in English
everyday food and clothing; spendings on food and clothing
Examples
- The servants she had been in contact with during the past few days were comparatively low - ranking ones in the domestic hierarchy , yet the food they ate , the clothes they wore , and everything about them was quite out of ordinary
这黛玉常听得母亲说，他外祖母家与别人家不同，他近日听见这儿三等的仆妇，吃穿用度，已是不凡，何况今至其家，都要步步留心，时时在意，不要多说一句话，不可多行一步路，恐被人耻笑了去。