尸し位い素そ餐さん

noun

neglecting duties while drawing pay; holding a sinecure

A rare, literary yojijukugo describing a person who holds an official position but does no real work while still receiving a salary. It carries a strong negative connotation of idleness and corruption.

• 「尸し位い素そ餐さん」は、地ち位いにふさわしい働はたらきをせず、ただ給きゅう料りょうをもらうことを批ひ判はんする四よ字じ熟じゅく語ごだ。

  尸位素餐 is a four-character idiom that criticizes someone who holds a position but does no work worthy of it, merely drawing a salary.