永不生锈的螺丝钉
Traditional: 永不生鏽的螺絲釘Dictionary entry
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1]
What does 永不生锈的螺丝钉 mean?
永不生锈的螺丝钉 (yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng) has the following dictionary meaning.
1a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1]
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永yǒngforever · always不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur锈xiùvariant of 鏽|锈[xiu4]的deof; ~'s (possessive particle) · (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)螺luóspiral shell · snail丝sīsilk · thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips钉dīngnail · to follow closely
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永不生锈的螺丝钉
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