饭碗

fàn wǎn · fan wan

Traditional 飯碗

Meaning

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  1. rice bowl
  2. fig. livelihood
  3. job
  4. way of making a living

In a sentence

2 examples
01

即(jí)使(shǐ)我(wǒ)拿(ná)不(bu)到(dào)高(gāo)工(gōng)资(zī),我(wǒ)也(yě)不(bù)肯(kěn)放(fàng)弃(qì)这(zhè)个(ge)饭(fàn)碗(wǎn)。

Even if I don't get a high salary, I'm not willing to quit this way of making a living.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by sysko · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

公(gōng)司(sī)裁(cái)员(yuán)后(hòu),他(tā)一(yí)下(xià)子(zi)失(shī)去(qù)了(le)饭(fàn)碗(wǎn)。

After the company laid people off, he suddenly lost his job.

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