食穀種 (sik6 guk1 zung2 | ) : to rest on one's laurels

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食穀種

sik6 guk1 zung2

[1] to rest on one's laurels (rely on one's past achievements instead of working to maintain or advance one's status or reputation) [華]: 吃老本
[2] to have little or no income and live off one's life savings

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

食穀種

This word has been viewed 1623 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 11th Nov 2008 23:15 and last edited on 31st Dec 2009 02:22

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食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food
穀 guk1 - corn; grain; cereal
種 zung2 zung3 - seed; race; species; origin; guts; grow

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