吃粮不管事 chī liáng bù guǎn shì

to take one's pay and not care about the rest

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to take one's pay and not care about the rest
  2. 2. to eat without working (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
粮 liáng HSK 5
food; grain; provisions
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
管 guǎn HSK 4
to manage; to be in charge of; to control
事 shì HSK 2
matter; thing; affair