lit. to eat from government coffers; to serve as a government employee; to live off government money
trad. 吃皇糧
Also written 吃皇糧【chī huáng liáng】
Characters in this word
3吃
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to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 of 2500
皇
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surname Huang
- Pinyin
- Huáng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 22077 of 2500
粮
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grain, food, provisions, agricultural tax paid in grain
- Pinyin
- liáng
- Traditional
- 糧
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 23601 of 2500