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坐吃山空
zuò​chī​shān​kōng

to fritter away a fortune

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 坐 zuò verb
    to sit
    to sit; to take a seat; to rest one's weight on one's buttocks
  2. 吃 chī verb
    to eat
    to eat; to chew and swallow; to dine at (a restaurant etc.); also includes consuming liquids such as drinking tea or soup
  3. 山 shān noun
    mountain
    mountain; hill; range
  4. 空 kōng adjective
    empty
    empty; hollow; void of content; containing nothing