吃皇粮
Traditional form:
吃皇糧
Pinyin (reading):
chīhuángliáng
Definitions:
- lit. to eat from government coffers
- to serve as a government employee
- to live off government money
Characters:
- 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 皇 - royal, imperial; ruler, superior
- 粮 - food, grain, provisions
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