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吃皇粮

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1
吃皇粮就是……
2
吃皇粮的人
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找一份吃皇粮的工作
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是吃皇粮的
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不再吃皇粮了

Definition

吃皇粮

Literally means:

eat the emperor's food

Actually means:

live on salaries paid by the government

It refers to living on salaries paid by the government. The recipients are usually government officials or personnel in public service sectors.

以国家发给工资作为生活来源。通常是政府部门或者事业单位的工作人员。

Example

Used as predicate, object, subject or attributive. (作谓语、宾语、主语、定语)
1
xiàn
发现
自己
shìyìng
适应
zhèng
政府
guān
机关
de
gōngzuò
工作
  
,
suǒ
所以
lìngmóu
另谋
chū
出路
  
,
zài
不再
chī
huángliáng
皇粮
le
  

He found himself unable to adapt to the work of government agencies, so he found another way out and stopped eating imperial food.

2
Xiànzài
现在
yǒu
hěnduō
很多
xué
大学
shēng
毕业生
dōu
xiǎng
dāng
gōngyuán
公务员
  
,
yīnwèi
因为
gōngyuán
公务员
shì
chī
huángliáng
皇粮
de
  
,
zhǐyào
只要
fàn
cuò
错误
jiù
huì
不会
diūdiào
丢掉
fànwǎn
饭碗
  

Now many college graduates want to be civil servants, because civil servants eat imperial food, as long as they do not make mistakes will not lose their jobs.

3
Zài
hěnduō
很多
rén
kànlai
看来
  
,
chī
huángliáng
皇粮
jiùshì
就是
pěng
shàng
le
jīnfànwǎn
金饭碗
  
,
píngshí
平时
dài
待遇
hǎo
  
,
shēnglǎobìng
生老病死
děng
fāngmiàn
方面
dōu
yǒu
bǎozhàng
保障
  

In the eyes of many people, eating imperial grain is to win the golden rice bowl, usually good treatment, old and sick death and so on have protection.