吃空額 chī kòng è

embezzle by faking staff on payroll

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only

Characters

Character Meaning
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
空 kòng HSK 3
empty; sky; air
額 è
forehead; specified number or amount