丢饭碗 (丟飯碗)
diū fàn wǎn
Pinyin

Definition

丢饭碗 (丟飯碗)
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diū fàn wǎn
  1. to lose one's job

Related Words (12)

wǎn
  1. 1 variant: 碗 wǎn
xǐ wǎn
  1. 1 to wash the dishes
fàn wǎn
  1. 1 rice bowl
  2. 2 fig. livelihood
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 way of making a living
xǐ wǎn jī
  1. 1 dishwasher
xǐ wǎn chí
  1. 1 kitchen sink

Idioms (2)

一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
吃着碗里,看着锅里
chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ
  1. 1 lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
  2. 2 not content with what one already has
  3. 3 (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye