吃皇粮
chī​huáng​liáng

to live on government wages

  • created sense approved 吃皇粮/吃皇糧 · chī​huáng​liáng · to live on government wages — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吃皇粮 / 吃皇糧

    chī​huáng​liáng

    to live on government wages

    To be a government employee; to work for the civil service, the military, or an institution funded by the state.

    吃, 皇粮

    吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to live on 皇粮 (literal) → 皇粮/皇糧 · huáng​liáng · government funding

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

    created sense