尸位素餐 — Chinese idiom
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
Meaning
- to hold a sinecure
Character by character
- 尸shībody, corpse
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, location
- 素sùplain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
- 餐cānto eat, to dine; meal, food
Idioms sharing a character
- 五马分尸 wǔ mǎ fēn shī
- 借尸还魂 jiè shī huán hún
- 尸山血海 shī shān xuè hǎi
- 尸横遍野 shī héng biàn yě
- 掘墓鞭尸 jué mù biān shī
- 碎尸万段 suì shī wàn duàn
- 行尸走肉 xíng shī zǒu ròu
- 马革裹尸 mǎ gé guǒ shī
- 加官进位 jiā guān jìn wèi
- 各就各位 gè jiù gè wèi
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