泥饭碗 — “An insecure or precarious job”
泥饭碗 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “an insecure or precarious job”. Often referring to employment in collective or private enterprises that lacks the stability and benefits of a state-guaranteed position. Literally, “mud rice bowl”.
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泥饭碗 Pronunciation and Pinyin
泥饭碗 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 泥饭碗
他辞去了稳定的工作，选择了一份虽然有挑战性但是却是“泥饭碗”的创业机会。
He resigned from his stable job, opting for an entrepreneurial opportunity that, while challenging, was a "mud rice bowl" (an insecure job).
Idioms Related to 泥饭碗
Antonyms of 泥饭碗
More idioms starting with 泥
- ní泥zhōng中yǐn隐cì刺speak with veiled sarcasm
- nì泥gǔ古bù不huà化rigidly adhere to ancient conventions
- nì泥gǔ古shǒu守jiù旧cling to old ways
- nì泥gǔ古zhí执jīn今rigidly adhere to ancient conventions
- nì泥gǔ古jū拘fāng方dogmatically cling to outdated conventions
- nì泥gǔ古wéi违jīn今rigidly adhere to ancient ways
- nì泥gǔ古fēi非jīn今Adhere to ancient, reject modern
- nì泥míng名shī失shí实cling to empty reputation, disregard reality
- ní泥sù塑mù木diāo雕stiff and expressionless like a dummy
- ní泥duō多fó佛dà大More input, greater achievement
- ní泥shā沙jù俱xià下good and bad mixed together
- ní泥niú牛rù入hǎi海disappear completely and irreversibly
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Open the tool →Questions about 泥饭碗
What does 泥饭碗 mean?
泥饭碗 (ní fàn wǎn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “an insecure or precarious job”.
How do you pronounce 泥饭碗?
泥饭碗 is pronounced ní fàn wǎn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 泥饭碗 literally mean?
Literally, 泥饭碗 means “mud rice bowl”. It is used to mean “an insecure or precarious job”.
What is the Chinese definition of 泥饭碗?
指集体所有制或个体的没有保障的工作