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MEANING/意义

饭碗

fàn wǎn




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bowl for rice; job

Type noun/名词

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EXAMPLES/列句

公务员不再是铁饭碗了，干得不好也会被开除的。

gōng wù yuán bú zài shì tiě fàn wǎn le ，gàn de bù háo yě huì bèi kāi chú de .

Being a public servant is no longer a life-long job. If you don't work well you'll be fired，too.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	公务员	gōng wù yuán	public servant，public official
2.	不	bù	no，not
3.	再	zài	again，once more; (before adjectives) more
4.	是	shì	to be; correct，right
5.	铁饭碗	tiě fàn wǎn	iron rice bowl，a secure job
6.	了	liǎo	understand，know clearly
7.	干	gàn	do，work; do... as a profession，work as...
8.	得	de	used after a verb to describe the action
9.	好	hǎo	quite，very
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洗手的时候，日子从水盆里过去；吃饭的时候，日子从饭碗里过去；默默时，便从凝然的双眼前过去。

xí shǒu de shí hou ，rì zi cóng shuǐ pén li guò qu ; chī fàn de shí hou ，rì zi cóng fàn wǎn li guò qu ; mò mò shí ，biàn cóng níng rán de shuāng yǎn qián guò qu .

The day flows away through the sink when I wash my hands，wears off in the bowl when I eat my meal，and passes away before my day-dreaming gaze as I reflect in silence. - Zhu Ziqing

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	洗手	xí shǒu	wash hands
2.	的	de	used with an adjective or an attributive phrase; used to form a noun; used to emphasize the doer，time or place
3.	时候	shí hou	(duration of) time; (a point in) time，moment
4.	日子	rì zi	day，date; life，livelihood (spoken Chinese)
5.	从	cóng	from (a time，a place，or a point of view)
6.	里	lǐ	neighborhood; native place; a Chinese unit of length (=1/2km)
7.	过去	guò qu	pass by，go over
8.	吃饭	chī fàn	eat，have a meal
9.	饭碗	fàn wǎn	bowl for rice; job
10.	默默	mò mò	quietly，silently，mute
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COMBINATIONS/组合

丢饭碗

diū fàn wǎn

to lose one's job，to become unemployed

金饭碗

jīn fàn wǎn

literally means “gold rice bowl“，the metaphorical meaning is “a well-paid occupation“

砸饭碗

zá fàn wǎn

be fired; lose one's job

泥饭碗

ní fàn wǎn

job in a collective or private enterprise，unstable livelihood (the literal meaning is “bowl made of mud“)

铁饭碗

tiě fàn wǎn

iron rice bowl，a secure job