尸位素餐

尸
位
素
餐
to hold a sinecure (idiom)

Characters and words in 尸位素餐

尸
shi̅ = sh + Ø1
person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸[shi1] / corpse
Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating a crime scene with a corpse (尸) in front of the space station (Ø1). The victim's ghost (尸) is trying to give him hints from the afterlife about their killer.
尸
屍
shi̅ = sh + Ø1
corpse
位
wèi = w + ei4
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
位 = 亻 + 立 : An armchair.
位 = 亻 + 立 : Rosa Luxemburg visits Willy Walrus in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. He sits in his place--an armchair--like a king, and Rosa presents him a vase.
素
sù = su + Ø4
raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever
素 = 龶 + 糸 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) has decided to become a vegan (素) and to let everyone know. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she manufactures a fancy headdress (龶) in the form of a vegan flower (素) out of her own spider silk (糸) so that everyone who sees her instantly knows that she's vegan (素).
餐
ca̅n = c + an1
meal / to eat / classifier for meals
餐 = ⺊ + 夕 + 又 + 食 : The King of Chu (c) wants to enjoy his meal (餐), a bag of instant noodles (食) in front of the anthill (an1). A bat (夕) wants to eat it as well, although the King of Chu already marked it with a pennant (⺊)! Every time the bat swoops towards the noodles the King of Chu punches her with his boxing glove (又).

Words with 尸位素餐

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