尸禄素餐 — “Eat a salary like a corpse”
尸禄素餐 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to hold a post without discharging one's duties and merely draw a salary; to be an idle officeholder living off the public purse”. Literally, “eat a salary like a corpse”.
尸禄素餐 Pronunciation and Pinyin
尸禄素餐 Character Breakdown
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- 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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What does 尸禄素餐 mean?
尸禄素餐 (shī lù sù cān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to hold a post without discharging one's duties and merely draw a salary; to be an idle officeholder living off the public purse”.
How do you pronounce 尸禄素餐?
尸禄素餐 is pronounced shī lù sù cān in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 尸禄素餐 literally mean?
Literally, 尸禄素餐 means “eat a salary like a corpse”. It is used to mean “to hold a post without discharging one's duties and merely draw a salary; to be an idle officeholder living off the public purse”.
What is the Chinese definition of 尸禄素餐?
指空食俸禄而不尽其职，无所事事。亦作“尸禄素飡”。