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永不生鏽的螺絲釘
简 永不生锈的螺丝钉 · 繁 永不生鏽的螺絲釘Mandarin · pinyin yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng
Meanings
- a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒 Léi Fēng
Characters in this entry
- 永
- yǒng · long, perpetual, eternal, forever
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 生
- shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
- 鏽
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- 的
- de · possessive, adjectival suffix
- 螺
- luó · spiral shell; conch; spiral
- 絲
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- 釘
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- 锈
- xiù · rust, corrode
- 丝
- sī · silk; fine thread; wire; strings
- 钉
- dīng · nail, spike; pursue closely
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Mandarin tones
3–4–1–4–5–2–1–1 · yong3 bu4 sheng1 xiu4 de5 luo2 si1 ding1
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