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吃皇粮 (吃皇糧)

chī huáng liáng

Definition

  1. (lit.) to eat from government coffers
  2. to serve as a government employee
  3. to live off government money

Character Decomposition

吃
=
口
+
乞
皇
=
白
+
王
粮
=
米
+
良

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