吃空额

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 吃空额 – see 吃空額 (“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, 吃空额, is the simplified form of 吃空額.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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