| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
|---|---|---|
不要用筷子敲打饭碗。 Don't tap on your bowl with your chopsticks. | ||
他们如果再迟到就会丢饭碗。 They would lose the job if they were late again. | ||
他要是不改好，很快就会丢饭碗的。 If he doesn't shape up, he'll soon be out of a job. | ||
当泡沫最终破灭时，有几百人丢了饭碗。 When the bubble finally burst, hundreds of people lost their jobs. | ||
或许是为了保住饭碗或使冲突减到最小。 Maybe it was to keep a job or to minimize conflict. | ||
没有票就让你进去，我可能会丢饭碗的。 It's more than my job's worth to let you in without a ticket. | ||
他冒着丢饭碗的风险批评他的老板。 He run the risk of losing his job by criticizing his boss. | ||
这个厂的合同制工人都曾担心“纸饭碗”不牢靠。 All contract workers worry about the insecurity of their "paper rice bowl". | ||
其他人则因为他们连续第二年被评为“低效”而丢了饭碗。 The others lost their jobs because they were rated "minimally effective" for a second year. | ||
在私企工作，一定要捧好自己的瓷饭碗。 Once working for a private enterprise, you must protect your ceramic rice bowl. | ||
