砸飯碗

Chinese

		smash; smashed	bowl of rice; rice bowl
trad. (砸飯碗)		砸	飯碗
simp. (砸饭碗)		砸	饭碗
Literally: “to smash the rice bowl”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): záfànwǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄚˊ ㄈㄢˋ ㄨㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: záfànwǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄚˊ ㄈㄢˋ ㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: záfànwǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tsa²-fan⁴-wan³
  - Yale: dzá-fàn-wǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzarfannwoan
  - Palladius: цзафаньвань (czafanʹvanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sä³⁵ fän⁵¹ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

砸飯碗

(figurative) to lose one's job; to be out of work; to become unemployed

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