永不生锈的螺丝钉
yǒng​bù​shēng​xiù​de​luó​sī​dīng

a screw that never rusts

  • created reference approved 永不生锈的螺丝钉/永不生鏽的螺絲釘 → 雷锋/雷鋒 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    永不生锈的螺丝钉 / 永不生鏽的螺絲釘 yǒng​bù​shēng​xiù​de​luó​sī​dīng

    雷锋 / 雷鋒 léi​fēng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 永不生锈的螺丝钉/永不生鏽的螺絲釘 · yǒng​bù​shēng​xiù​de​luó​sī​dīng · a screw that never rusts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    永不生锈的螺丝钉 / 永不生鏽的螺絲釘

    yǒng​bù​shēng​xiù​de​luó​sī​dīng

    a screw that never rusts

    A metaphor used to praise loyal and selfless contributors who work hard for the common good, famously applied to the model worker [[雷锋|雷鋒|lei2 feng1]].

    永不 (literal) → 永不 · yǒng​bù · never 生锈 (literal) → 生锈/生鏽 · shēng​xiù · to rust 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 螺丝钉 (literal) → 螺丝钉/螺絲釘 · luó​sī​dīng · screw

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense