吃空饷

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 吃空饷 – see 吃空餉 (“to line one's pockets with the salaries alloted to soldiers existing only in name on the payroll; to embezzle by misrepresenting the payroll”). (This term is the simplified form of 吃空餉).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.