坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
  2. fig. to spend one's money without generating any income

CHARACTERS

坐 zuò sit; seat; ride, travel by
吃 chī eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
山 shān mountain, hill, peak
空 kōng empty, hollow, bare, deserted