吃公粮 chīgōngliáng to be on the government payroll Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吃 chī nounverb to live on to rely on a certain source for one's livelihood公粮 公糧 gōngliáng grain tax Agricultural tax paid to the state in the form of grain; this practice was abolished in mainland China in 2006.