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吃皇粮

chī huáng liáng

3-character word Traditional 吃皇糧

What 吃皇粮 means

1. lit. to eat from government coffers
2. to serve as a government employee
3. to live off government money

The characters in 吃皇粮

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 皇huángemperor; old variant of 惶
• 粮liánggrain; food; provisions

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