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坐吃山空

坐
吃
山
空
lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) / fig. to spend one's money without generating any income

Characters and words in 坐吃山空

坐
zuò = zu + o4
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4]
Add a new mnemonic for 坐 = 人 + 土
Add a new mnemonic for 坐 = 从 + 土
吃
chī = ch + Ø1
to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])
Add a new mnemonic for 吃 = 乞 + 口
吃
喫
chī = ch + Ø1
variant of 吃[chi1]
Add a new mnemonic for 吃 = 乞 + 口
Add a new mnemonic for 喫 = 口 + 契
山
shān = sh + an1
mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
Add a new mnemonic for 山 = 丨 + 凵
空
kōng = ku + (e)ng1
empty / air / sky / in vain
Add a new mnemonic for 空 = 工 + 穴
空
kòng = ku + (e)ng4
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
Add a new mnemonic for 空 = 工 + 穴

Words with 坐吃山空

坐吃山空 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 坐吃山空

坐吃山空 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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