Lingaku- lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
- fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
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- to spend one's money without generating any income
This idiom is used to describe a situation where someone is living off their savings or resources without working or making new income, eventually leading to financial depletion.
He always sits at home spending his savings without looking for a job.
If this continues, our wealth will be depleted.
Generated collocations (experimental)
zuò chī shān kōng坐吃山空to spend one's money without generating any incomeZuò坐chī吃to sit and eatShān山kōng空mountains of wealth depletingbù láo ér huò不劳而获to reap without sowingzhǐ shàng tán bīng纸上谈兵to make empty promises or talk big without actionZuò坐chī吃shēng huó生活living off one’s savingsyī lài依赖tā rén他人to rely on othershuī huò wú dù挥霍无度to spend extravagantlyān yú xiàn zhuàng安于现状to be complacent with the current situationxiāo hào消耗Zī yuán资源to deplete resources