尸禄素食 — “To draw a salary without performing one's duties”
尸禄素食 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to draw a salary without performing one's duties”. To hold a sinecure and live in idleness; to occupy a post without working.
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尸禄素食 Pronunciation and Pinyin
尸禄素食 Character Breakdown
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他每天在办公室里无所事事，只是尸禄素食，让其他同事很不满。
He spends his days doing nothing in the office, merely drawing a salary without performing any duties, much to the dissatisfaction of his colleagues.
Idioms Related to 尸禄素食
Synonyms of 尸禄素食
More idioms starting with 尸
- shī尸wèi位bìng病mín民hold office without performing duties, harming people
- 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hài害zhèng政holding a position without performing duties
- shī尸lù禄sù素cān飡hold a post without discharging duties
- 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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Open the tool →Questions about 尸禄素食
What does 尸禄素食 mean?
尸禄素食 (shī lù sù shí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to draw a salary without performing one's duties”.
How do you pronounce 尸禄素食?
尸禄素食 is pronounced shī lù sù shí in Mandarin Chinese.
What is the Chinese definition of 尸禄素食?
尸：居位；尸禄：受禄而不尽职。空食俸禄而不尽其职，无所事事