吃老本 chīlǎoběn to live off one's capital Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吃老本 chī//lǎoběn to live off one's capital Originally of a merchant: to spend one's principal or capital to cover losses or maintain oneself to rest on one's laurels To rely on past achievements, seniority, or skills rather than making new progress or learning new things Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.360 per million Cross-References Referenced by 老本儿 lǎoběnr Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
吃老本 chī//lǎoběn to live off one's capital Originally of a merchant: to spend one's principal or capital to cover losses or maintain oneself to rest on one's laurels To rely on past achievements, seniority, or skills rather than making new progress or learning new things Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.360 per million Cross-References Referenced by 老本儿 lǎoběnr Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
