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to hold a sinecure (idiom)

尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
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Synonyms
(idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others不劳而获bù láo ér huòto spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)饱食终日bǎo shí zhōng rìto lead an idle life; to be a loafer吃闲饭chī xián fànincompetence · inability · incapable · powerless无能wú néngcorruption · to corrupt · to rot · rotten腐败fǔ bài(of a corrupt regime) the civil officials are indolent and the military officers frivolous文恬武嬉wén tián wǔ xī
Antonyms
seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose · every moment counts分秒必争fēn miǎo bì zhēng(idiom) industrious and frugal克勤克俭kè qín kè jiǎn
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