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
- (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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb
砸飯碗
- (figurative) to lose one's job; to be out of work; to become unemployed