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食長糧 (sik6 coeng4 loeng4) — 1. live of one's pension 2. be in jail on a lifetime prision sentence in Cantonese

sikˍ₆食coengˎ₄長loengˎ₄糧
简 食长粮
Mandarin Pinyin: shi2 chang2 liang2

Meaning of 食長糧

noun1. live of one's pension 2. be in jail on a lifetime prision sentence
nounrely on pension after retirement (spoken)

Characters in 食長糧

食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking
長coeng4
(of distance and time) long | [antonym] 短
糧loeng4
grain tax paid in kind

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