吃空额

吃空额	chī kòng é	to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
吃	chī	to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
吃	chī	variant of 吃
空	kōng	empty / air / sky / in vain
空	kòng	to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
空额	kòng é	vacancy / unfilled work place
额	é	variant of 额
额	é	forehead / horizontal tablet or inscribed board / specified number or amount