吃皇糧

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Chinese

eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
state funds and provisions; grain tax to the government
trad. (吃皇糧) 皇糧
simp. (吃皇粮) 皇粮

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吃皇糧

  1. (figurative, idiomatic) to live off a government salary