吃牢饭

吃牢飯
chīláofàn
(coll.) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals)

CEDICT

colloquial taiwan

Entry Composition

=1 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=1 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
2 牢 láo
  1. firm
  2. sturdy
  3. fold (for animals)
  4. sacrifice
  5. prison
3 饭 fàn
  1. cooked rice
  2. meal
  3. (loanword) fan
  4. devotee

classifiers: 碗, 頓