江棉一厂 那是铁饭碗
“Having a job in Jiangcheng No. 1 Textile Factory means a stable life.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那你怎么办啊 我会做衣服可以赚钱 那能一样吗
“What will you do, then? I know how to make clothes. I can make a living myself. How could that be the same? Having a job in Jiangcheng No. 1 Textile Factory means a stable life.”
江棉一厂 那是 铁饭碗
“Having a job in Jiangcheng No. 1 Textile Factory means a stable life.”
“If you make and sell your own clothes, it's the same as being jobless.”
“You are foolish to give up a lifetime guarantee of security for freelance work.”
During China's planned economy era, a position in a state-owned enterprise provided cradle-to-grave welfare, housing, and food, making private or self-employed work socially stigmatized and risky.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
iron rice bowl; secure, lifetime job
A hallmark metaphor in modern Chinese social history referring to guaranteed lifetime employment in state-owned enterprises or public institutions.
