尸位病民 — “Empty post harms the people”
尸位病民 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to occupy a position without performing one's duties, thereby causing harm to others; to hold an office in name only, causing detriment to the public”. Literally, “empty post harms the people”.
尸位病民 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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More idioms starting with 尸
- shī尸wèi位sù素cān餐hold a post without performing duties
- shī尸lì利sù素cān餐hold a position without performing duties
- shī尸jū居yú余qì气barely clinging to life
- shī尸jū居lóng龙xiàn见still like a corpse, dynamic like a dragon
- shī尸shān山xuè血hǎi海immense slaughter and bloodshed
- shī尸héng横biàn遍yě野bodies strewn across the landscape
- shī尸lù禄sù素shí食draw a salary without performing duties
- shī尸lù禄sù素cān飡hold a post without discharging duties
- shī尸lù禄sù素cān餐idle officeholder living off the public purse
- shī尸gǔ骨wèi未hán寒someone has only just died
- shī尸jiū鸠zhī之rén仁Impartial benevolence to all
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What does 尸位病民 mean?
尸位病民 (shī wèi bìng mín) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to occupy a position without performing one's duties, thereby causing harm to others; to hold an office in name only, causing detriment to the public”.
How do you pronounce 尸位病民?
尸位病民 is pronounced shī wèi bìng mín in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 尸位病民 literally mean?
Literally, 尸位病民 means “empty post harms the people”. It is used to mean “to occupy a position without performing one's duties, thereby causing harm to others; to hold an office in name only, causing detriment to the public”.
What is the Chinese definition of 尸位病民?
尸位：居位而不做事。占着职位而无所作为，使人民受到损害