坐吃山空 |
zuò chī shān kōng |
lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) / fig. to spend one's money without generating any income |
坐 |
Zuò |
surname Zuo |
坐 |
zuò |
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座 |
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 |
山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
空 |
kōng |
empty / air / sky / in vain |
空 |
kòng |
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time |