坐享其成
zuò xiǎng qí chéng
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
To do nothing yourself and simply enjoy the results of other people's work. Always a criticism of someone who takes the benefits without sharing the effort.
Ngồi không mà hưởng thành quả do người khác làm ra. Luôn mang ý chê trách kẻ chỉ muốn hưởng lợi mà không chịu bỏ công sức.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 坐 = tọa · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “tọa hưởng kì thành” (toa-huong-ki-thanh). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “坐享其成” mean?
To do nothing yourself and simply enjoy the results of other people's work. Always a criticism of someone who takes the benefits without sharing the effort. Literally: sit back and enjoy what is already done
Is “坐享其成” formal or informal?
坐享其成 is generally neutral.