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坐享其成

Mandarin · pinyin zuò xiǎng qí chéng

to reap where one has not sown (idiom)

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坐: zuò · sit; seat; ride, travel by
享: xiǎng · enjoy
其: qí · his, her, its, their; that
成: chéng · completed, finished, fixed

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4–3–2–2 · zuo4 xiang3 qi2 cheng2

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zo6 hoeng2 kei4 sing4

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(idiomatic) to sit idle and enjoy the fruits of others' work

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