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kimpngxvoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'png'voar [[...]][i#] [p.]

good employment

金飯碗,好差事

voar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: voar; (oarn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

bowl

碗

• Ciah voar-lai, søeq voar-goa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah voar'lai, soeq voar'goa; Ciah voar-lai, søeq voar-goa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  eat a man's food and speak ill of him behind his back
  吃裏扒外

• pngxvoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: png'voar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  rice bowl — one's job or occupation
  飯碗

phaang laang ee pngxvoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaang laang ee png'voar [[...]][i#] [p.]

be a wife, be in another's house (either for protection or as a dependent)

寄人籬下,當人家的媳婦

pngxvoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: png'voar [[...]][i#] [p.]

rice bowl, one's job or occupation

飯碗

• korngphoax pngxvoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koxng'phoax png'voar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  break a rice bowl, lose one's job
  砸破飯碗

thiq pngxvoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiq png'voar [[...]][i#] [p.]

iron rice bowl — very secure job

鐵飯碗

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