iron rice bowl
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque from Chinese 鐵飯碗/铁饭碗 (tiěfànwǎn), from 鐵/铁 (tiě, “iron”) + 飯碗/饭碗 (fànwǎn, “rice bowl”).
Noun
[edit]iron rice bowl (plural iron rice bowls)
- A guaranteed state job in China that lasts until retirement and pays a pension until death.
- 2006, John Gittings, “Economics in Command: The modernization of China”, in The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market[1]:
- Large or small, a state enterprise took care of all the needs of its workers and dependents, providing housing, schools, and health facilities at minimal cost - the so-called "iron rice bowl" which the economic mobilizers said now had to be 'smashed'.
Further reading
[edit]- iron rice bowl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia