吃空餉

Chinese

eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
 soldier's pay
trad. (吃空餉) 吃 空 餉
simp. (吃空饷) 吃 空 饷

Pronunciation

Verb

吃空餉

  1. to line one's pockets with the salaries allotted to soldiers existing only in name on the payroll (of army officers); to embezzle by misrepresenting the payroll
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