usurp a high post without doing a stroke of work

usurp a high post without doing a stroke of work

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Qi è w è is ù C ā n, which means that senior officials are fed all day and pay no attention. Later, it is also used as a modest word. It comes from the biography of Yang Yun in Hanshu.

Idiom explanation

Vegetarian: empty; meal: eat, refers to salary. He who steals in a high position gains nothing. It used to mean that senior officials were fed all day and had no intention. Later, it was also used as a modest word.

The origin of Idioms

"Yang Yun Zhuan of the Han Dynasty:" I have been responsible for stealing vegetarian food for a long time

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive; as a modest word

Examples

Confucius wrote the spring and Autumn Annals, but he was afraid of disorderly subjects and thieves; Liang song wrote the seven prefaces, but he was ashamed of stealing his seat and eating vegetarian food. A collection of chutanji · shiyouer by Li Zhi of Ming Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Eat all day