吃閒飯 chī xián fàn

doing nothing to earn one's keep; to live as a parasite

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. doing nothing to earn one's keep
  2. 2. to live as a parasite

Characters

Character Meaning
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
閒 xián
variant of 間jiàn; variant of 間jiān; idle
飯 fàn
meal; cooked rice; devotee