Meaning and translation of: 钱米?
more simply, money and food?


Basically, yes. It is a common practice in Chinese or English to use a couple of representative items to form a general term for a single concept. 

'钱米' (coins and rice) can be used as a general term for 'wealth / resources' 


  '旧时官史除俸禄外，其亲属所受之 钱米，称俸恤'  



钱米 (coins and rice) refers to consumables resources like money and food
俸恤 (allocations) is a portion of resource assigned to particular recipient.


'钱米' (coins and rice) can also be used as a general term for  'wealth / consumables resources', as in '乱花 钱米 叫“泡稍”'

Similarly, '鱼米' (fish and rice) is a general term for 'natural food resources' in the phrase '鱼米之乡'(land of plenty) ; '刀剑'(knife and sword) refers to all 'weapons' in '刀剑没眼'(weapons have no eyes)


In old time war campaigns, 钱粮 (coins and grain) is a common term for 'resources' like soldiers' salary, food and horse feed. 



  "打仗就是打钱粮 "