食租衣税
shí​zū​yī​shuì

to live on taxes

  • created sense approved 食租衣税/食租衣稅 · shí​zū​yī​shuì · to live on taxes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    食租衣税 / 食租衣稅

    shí​zū​yī​shuì

    to live on taxes

    to live on taxes and levies; refers to officials who are supported by the rent and taxes paid by the common people

    食 (literal) → 食 · shí · to eat 租 (literal) → 租 · zū · (bound form) tax 衣 (literal) → 衣 · yì · to wear 税 (literal) → 税/稅 · shuì · tax

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

    created sense