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坐吃享福

zuò chī xiǎng fúdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
vegetative existence / to consume passively without doing anything useful
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3c9726bb4a6f2359. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

坐吃享福 坐吃享福 [zuo4 chi1 xiang3 fu2] /vegetative existence/to consume passively without doing anything useful/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 坐
    zuò

    to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit

    Zuò

    surname Zuo

  • 吃
    chī

    to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

  • 享
    xiǎng

    to enjoy / to benefit / to have the use of

  • 福
    fú

    good fortune / happiness / luck

    Fú

    surname Fu / abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fú jiàn Shěng]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.