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饭碗

fàn wǎn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 飯碗

饭碗 (fàn wǎn) means "rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 饭碗 means

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

The characters in 饭碗

• 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 碗wǎnbowl; cup

Example sentences

• 即使我拿不到高工资，我也不肯放弃这个饭碗。
  Jíshǐ wǒ ná bù dào gāo gōngzī, wǒ yě bù kěn fàngqì zhège fànwǎn.
  Even if I don't get a high salary, I'm not willing to quit this way of making a living.

Words containing 饭碗

• 铁饭碗tiě fàn wǎnsecure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
• 丢饭碗diū fàn wǎnto lose one's job
• 找饭碗zhǎo fàn wǎnto look for a job
• 金饭碗jīn fàn wǎnsecure and lucrative job

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