zuò​chī​shān​kōng

to fritter away a fortune

坐吃山空 zuò​chī​shān​kōng
to fritter away a fortune
Literally meaning that if one just sits and eats, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth; used to describe spending one's money without earning any new income until all resources are exhausted.

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0.195 per million

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