吃子孫飯
chī​zǐ​sūn​fàn

to benefit at the expense of one's descendants

  • created sense approved 吃子孙饭/吃子孫飯 · chī​zǐ​sūn​fàn · to benefit at the expense of one's descendants — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吃子孙饭 / 吃子孫飯

    chī​zǐ​sūn​fàn

    to benefit at the expense of one's descendants

    To do bad things for personal gain that will eventually bring misfortune to one's children and grandchildren; to use up the fortune or luck intended for future generations.

    吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to eat 子孙 (literal) → 子孙/子孫 · zǐ​sūn · descendants 饭 (literal) → 饭/飯 · fàn · meal

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense