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吃牢饭
chī láo fàn
What 吃牢饭 means
- colloquialto serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals)
The characters in 吃牢饭
- 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
- 牢láo(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
- 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
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