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

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• 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

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