吃大锅饭 — Chinese idiom
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
Traditional: 吃大鍋飯
Meaning
- lit. to eat from the common pot
- fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
Character by character
- 吃chīto eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 锅guōcooking-pot, saucepan
- 饭fànmeal, food; cooked rice
Idioms sharing a character
- 吃干抹净 chī gān mā jìng
- 吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ
- 吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè
- 吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo
- 吃里扒外 chī lǐ pá wài
- 吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là
- 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng
- 多吃多占 duō chī duō zhàn
- 大吃一惊 dà chī yī jīng
- 好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò
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