iron rice bowl

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A guaranteed state job in China that lasts until retirement and pays a pension until death.
    — Large or small, a state enterprise took care of all the needs of its workers and dependents, providing housing, schools, and health facilities at minimal cost - the so-called "iron rice bowl" which the economic mobilizers said now had to be 'smashed'.

词形变化

iron rice bowls plural

词源

Calque from Chinese 鐵飯碗／铁饭碗 (tiěfànwǎn), from 鐵／铁 (tiě, “iron”) + 飯碗／饭碗 (fànwǎn, “rice bowl”).
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