无功受禄 — Chinese idiom
无功受禄
wú gōng shòu lù
Traditional: 無功受祿
Meaning
- to get undeserved rewards
Character by character
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 功gōngachievement, good work; merit; service
- 受shòuto receive, to get, to accept; to bear
- 禄lùblessing, happiness, prosperity
Idioms sharing a character
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一望无垠 yī wàng wú yín
- 一望无际 yī wàng wú jì
- 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
- 一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī
- 一无是处 yī wú shì chù
- 一览无余 yī lǎn wú yú
- 不学无术 bù xué wú shù
- 了无生趣 liǎo wú shēng qù
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