吃干饭

Traditional form:

吃乾飯

Pinyin (reading):

chīgānfàn

Definitions:

• (coll.) to be incompetent
• useless
• good-for-nothing

Characters:

• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 饭 - meal, food; cooked rice

Traditional characters:

• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 飯 - meal, food; cooked rice