砸饭碗

砸飯碗
záfànwǎn
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to lose one's job; to cost someone their livelihood

Examples

Zhèyàng dézuì kèhù, chízǎo yào záfànwǎn.
Offending customers like that, sooner or later it'll cost you your job.
Gōngsī dǎo le, yíxià zá le jǐ bǎi ge fànwǎn.
The company collapsed and wiped out several hundred livelihoods overnight.

Tips

culture
饭碗 literally 'rice bowl' is a stock metaphor for a job in Chinese. Smashing the bowl = losing the means to eat. Pair with 铁饭碗 (iron rice bowl — secure job) and 金饭碗 (gold rice bowl — prestigious job).

Stroke Order

fàn
wǎn