吃乾飯 chī gān fàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. (coll.) to be incompetent
  2. useless
  3. good-for-nothing

CHARACTERS

吃 chī
HSK 1
eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
乾 gān dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)
飯 fàn cooked rice; food; meal