尸禄素飡 — “To hold a post without discharging its duties”
尸禄素飡 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to hold a post without discharging its duties”. To get a salary without doing any work; to be an idle hanger-on.
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尸禄素飡 Pronunciation and Pinyin
尸禄素飡 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 尸禄素飡
尽管他身居要职，却整日无所事事，真是尸禄素飡。
Although he held an important position, he did nothing all day, truly just drawing a salary without working.
Idioms Related to 尸禄素飡
More idioms starting with 尸
- shī尸wèi位bìng病mín民hold office without performing duties, harming people
- 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hài害zhèng政holding a position without performing duties
- shī尸lù禄sù素shí食draw a salary without performing 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 尸禄素飡 mean?
尸禄素飡 (shī lù sù cān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to hold a post without discharging its duties”.
How do you pronounce 尸禄素飡?
尸禄素飡 is pronounced shī lù sù cān in Mandarin Chinese.
What is the Chinese definition of 尸禄素飡?
指空食俸禄而不尽其职，无所事事。同“尸禄素餐”。