素餐尸位
sù​cān​shī​wèi

to hold a sinecure

  • created reference approved 素餐尸位/素餐屍位 → 尸位素餐 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    素餐尸位 / 素餐屍位 sù​cān​shī​wèi

    尸位素餐 shī​wèi​sù​cān

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 素餐尸位/素餐屍位 · sù​cān​shī​wèi · to hold a sinecure — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    素餐尸位 / 素餐屍位

    sù​cān​shī​wèi

    to hold a sinecure

    To hold a high position and receive a salary without actually doing any work; to occupy a post without fulfilling its responsibilities.

    素餐 (literal) → 素餐 · sù​cān · to do nothing for one's pay 尸 (literal) → 尸/屍 · shī · corpse 位 (literal) → 位 · wèi · position

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

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