丢饭碗 (丟飯碗)
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Pinyin
Definition
丢饭碗 (丟飯碗)
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- to lose one's job
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial
吃着碗里,看着锅里
- 1 lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
- 2 not content with what one already has
- 3 (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye