屍利
shī​lì

to hang on to a sinecure

  • created sense approved 尸利/屍利 · shī​lì · to hang on to a sinecure — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尸利 / 屍利

    shī​lì

    to hang on to a sinecure

    (literary) to enjoy the benefits and salary of an official position without doing any actual work; to hold a position without performing its duties

    尸 (bound) → 尸/屍 · shī · corpse 利 (literal) → 利 · lì · profit

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

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