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Does 铁饭碗 really exist in real life of Chinese people?
Don't just understand 鉄 as iron. But people, like 毛泽东, had enamelled steel bowls, you can still buy them today, with a red star on them.
鉄：iron; strong, solid, firm, （unbreakable)
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1、比喻非常稳固的职位。...
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Does 铁饭碗 really exist in real life of Chinese people?
饭碗 (rice bowl) figuratively means "a job" in 摔破饭碗 (drop and breaking one's rice bowl) which means "losing one's job"
铁饭碗 (iron rice bowl) is a figure of speech. A rice bowl that is ...
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What is XX一行 in English?
一行 - 一群同行的人 (group of people travelling together; party; delegation)
xx一行 = xx和同行人員 (XX and the persons who are traveling with him together.
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