尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
Pinyin

Definition

尸位素餐
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shī wèi sù cān
  1. to hold a sinecure (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

位
wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 location
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 seat
  5. 5 classifier for people (honorific)
  6. 6 classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. 7 (physics) potential
位置
wèi zhi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 seat
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
各位
gè wèi
  1. 1 everybody
  2. 2 all (guests, colleagues etc)
  3. 3 all of you
单位
dān wèi
  1. 1 unit (of measure)
  2. 2 unit (group of people as a whole)
  3. 3 work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
早餐
zǎo cān
  1. 1 breakfast
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì]
餐
cān
  1. 1 meal
  2. 2 to eat
  3. 3 classifier for meals
中餐
Zhōng cān
  1. 1 Chinese meal
  2. 2 Chinese food
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn]
位子
wèi zi
  1. 1 place
  2. 2 seat
位于
wèi yú
  1. 1 to be located at
  2. 2 to be situated at
  3. 3 to lie
像素
xiàng sù
  1. 1 pixel
价位
jià wèi
  1. 1 price level
元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
全方位
quán fāng wèi
  1. 1 all around
  2. 2 omnidirectional
  3. 3 complete
  4. 4 holistic
  5. 5 comprehensive
到位
dào wèi
  1. 1 to get to the intended location
  2. 2 to be in place
  3. 3 to be in position
  4. 4 precise
  5. 5 well (done)
午餐
wǔ cān
  1. 1 lunch
  2. 2 luncheon
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì]
原位
yuán wèi
  1. 1 original position
  2. 2 (in) the same place
  3. 3 normal position
  4. 4 the place where one currently is
  5. 5 in situ
吃素
chī sù
  1. 1 to be a vegetarian
品位
pǐn wèi
  1. 1 rank
  2. 2 grade
  3. 3 quality
  4. 4 (aesthetic) taste
因素
yīn sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
地位
dì wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 status
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
借尸还魂
jiè shī huán hún
  1. 1 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
  1. 1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
各就各位
gè jiù gè wèi
  1. 1 (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom)
  2. 2 (athletics) On your mark!
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
我行我素
wǒ xíng wǒ sù
  1. 1 to continue in one's own way (idiom)
掘墓鞭尸
jué mù biān shī
  1. 1 to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)
秀色可餐
xiù sè kě cān
  1. 1 a feast for the eyes (idiom)
  2. 2 (of women) gorgeous
  3. 3 graceful
  4. 4 (of scenery) beautiful
素不相能
sù bù xiāng néng
  1. 1 unable to get along (idiom)
素不相识
sù bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 to be total strangers (idiom)
素昧平生
sù mèi píng shēng
  1. 1 to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted
  2. 2 a complete stranger
  3. 3 not to know sb from Adam
素面朝天
sù miàn cháo tiān
  1. 1 lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yáng Guì fēi]) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
  3. 3 to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
艰苦朴素
jiān kǔ pǔ sù
  1. 1 leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
行尸走肉
xíng shī zǒu ròu
  1. 1 walking corpse (idiom)
  2. 2 zombie
  3. 3 person who lives only on the material level
轻饶素放
qīng ráo sù fàng
  1. 1 easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free
长生禄位
cháng shēng lù wèi
  1. 1 tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom)
饱餐战饭
bǎo cān zhàn fàn
  1. 1 to fill one's belly before the battle (idiom)
饕餮大餐
tāo tiè dà cān
  1. 1 great meal fit for dragon's son (idiom); sumptuous banquet
马革裹尸
mǎ gé guǒ shī
  1. 1 to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
  2. 2 to give one's life on the battlefield

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