柴米油盐 meaning in English

fuel, rice, cooking oil and salt -- daily necessities

This issue of basic necessities is very important , so i have to be blunt
这个柴米油盐的问题也很重要，所以我直接问出来。
Who said not , lives not is daily necessities these tedious realistic combinations
谁说不是呢，生活不就是柴米油盐这些繁琐又现实的组合么？
I earnestly suggest to this congress that we pay close attention to the well - being of the masses , from the problems of land and labour to those of fuel , rice , cooking oil and salt
我郑重地向大会提出，我们应该深刻地注意群众生活的问题，从土地、劳动问题，到柴米油盐问题。
As time wore on , it dawned on me that , to them , america is an impossibly faraway place , a place where crazy things happen all the time , a place so far removed from daily life that they can ' t begin to appreciate the enormity of the events
随着时间的流逝，我渐渐明白过来：对他们来说，美国是一个非常遥远的国度，在那里整天都在发生着疯狂的事情，那里发生的事情和他们柴米油盐的百姓生活没有关联，所以他们也无法为之动容，也意识不到事件的严重性。