吃糧不管事

简 吃粮不管事 · 繁 吃糧不管事
Mandarin · pinyin chī liáng bù guǎn shì

Meanings

  1. to eat without working (idiom)
  2. to take one's pay and not care about the rest
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吃
chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
糧
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
管
guǎn · pipe, tube, duct; woodwind music
事
shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
粮
liáng · food, grain, provisions
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1–2–4–3–4 · chi1 liang2 bu4 guan3 shi4

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吃糧不管事 · chi1 liang2 bu4 guan3 shi4
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Exact source record吃糧不管事 吃粮不管事 [chi1 liang2 bu4 guan3 shi4] /to eat without working (idiom)/to take one's pay and not care about the rest/