砸饭碗

饭碗 fànwǎn HSK 7 #7,355

rice bowl / job; livelihood; means of living (figurative)

金饭碗 jīnfànwǎn

a gold rice bowl (lit.) / a cushy, well-paid job / a secure, lucrative position

牢饭碗 láofànwǎn

(fig.) a secure job; a stable rice bowl / lit. a solid rice bowl — much like the more famous 铁饭碗

铁饭碗 tiěfànwǎn

an iron rice bowl / a secure job for life / unshakeable employment (traditionally in state-owned work units)

早饭 zǎofàn HSK 1 #4,128

breakfast

砸 zá HSK 7 #955

to smash / to pound / to break / to fail (colloquial)

靠天吃饭 kàotiānchīfàn

to depend on the weather for one's livelihood / to live at the mercy of nature / subsistence farming dependent on the elements

混饭吃 hùnfànchī

to scrape together a living / to work just to put food on the table / to coast in a job without real commitment

做饭 zuòfàn HSK 2 #3,811

to cook / to prepare a meal

饭店 fàndiàn HSK 1 #3,333

restaurant / hotel