坐吃山空 zuò​chī​shān​kōng

坐吃山崩 zuò​chī​shān​bēng

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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.

坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit 吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to eat 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · empty

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