Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 铁饭碗 (tiě fànwǎn) a secure job

铁饭碗 (tiě fànwǎn) a secure job

Usage:

“铁饭碗”的字面意思是指用铁制作成的碗，非常坚硬。后来用来形容一份收入稳定、待遇优厚、不会失业的工作。“铁饭碗”是中国众多求职者一直向往的理想工作。

“铁饭碗 (tiě fàn wǎn)”, whose literal meaning is an iron bowl. Because it is too hard to break up, people also use it to refer to a job or position which is stable, well-paid and secure. The job described like this is always pursued by most Chinese job seekers.

Sentences:

1、Tīngshuō yǒu hǎo jǐbǎi rén yào cānjiā miànshì ne, kànlái dàjiā dōu xiǎng dédào zhègè tiě fànwǎn.
听说有好几百人要参加面试呢，看来大家都想得到这个“铁饭碗”。

I heard that hundreds of people would come to the interview. It seems that everyone is eager to get this lifelong secure job.

2、Dàxué bìyè hòu,tā fàngqì le “tiě fànwǎn ”,zài jiāxiāng chuàngbàn le yì suǒ xiǎoxué.
大学毕业后，他放弃了“铁饭碗”，在家乡创办了一所小学。

After graduation from university, he gave up a secure job but founded a primary school in his hometown.