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Jyutping co5 sik6 saan1 bang1
Pinyin zuò shí shān bēng

Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 坐吃山空

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Jyutping zo6 sik6 saan1 bang1
Pinyin zuò shí shān bēng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. only consuming and not producing
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    只​係​使​錢​,​唔​賺​錢
    eating into one's savings without earning any fresh income; literally: to sit and eat a collapsing mountain
    • 有父幹又點吖,個仔係廢柴,坐食山崩,家業都俾佢敗曬啦。
      有父干又点吖,个仔系废柴,坐食山崩,家业都俾佢败晒啦。
      jau5 fu6 gon3 jau6 dim2 aa1, go3 zai2 hai6 fai3 caai4, zo6 sik6 saan1 bang1, gaa1 jip6 dou1 bei2 keoi5 baai6 saai3 laa1
      His father has a powerful background but so what? His son is a failure, only spending money but not earning any. The family business is completely ruined by him.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    有父干又点吖,个仔系废柴,坐食山崩,家业都俾佢败晒啦。
    有父幹又點吖,個仔係廢柴,坐食山崩,家業都俾佢敗曬啦。
    jau5 fu6 gon3 jau6 dim2 aa1, go3 zai2 hai6 fai3 caai4, zo6 sik6 saan1 bang1, gaa1 jip6 dou1 bei2 keoi5 baai6 saai3 laa1
    • His father has a powerful background but so what? His son is a failure, only spending money but not earning any. The family business is completely ruined by him.