吃皇粮 chī huáng liáng

to live off government money

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
皇 huáng HSK 6
emperor; surname Huang; old variant of 惶huáng
粮 liáng HSK 5
food; grain; provisions