iron rice bowl

基本解释

Other people feel that "the iron rice bowl" should be roughly smashed.
另一些人认为应彻底打破铁饭碗。
Even the freedom to choose an employer, when it was introduced, did not encourage everyone to do so in a country accustomed to an "iron rice bowl" – cradle-to-grave security – from the state.
即使自由择业制度引进的时候，也并不是鼓励每个人都去这末做。这个国家已经适应了铁饭碗---国家给予的从摇篮到坟墓的保障。
For me, the Chinese language is like Tie Fan Wan (iron rice bowl), which means a stable source of income.
对我来说，汉语就像铁饭碗，是稳定的收入来源。
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The government is committed to honouring the pension promises left over from the old system, but the iron rice bowl has gone.
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