伴ばん食しょく宰さい相しょう

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Meanings

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incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)rare term

Rare yojijukugo for a minister who merely attends meals without contributing, i.e., a powerless or incompetent figurehead in government.

「伴ばん食しょく宰さい相しょう」とは、ただ食しょく事じに同どう席せきするだけの無む能のうな大だい臣じんを指さす故こ事じ成せい語ごだ。
伴食宰相 is a classical idiom referring to an incompetent minister who merely sits at the table without contributing.