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大鍋飯

简大锅饭 · 繁大鍋飯

Mandarin · pinyin dà guō fàn

meal cooked in a large pot
communal meal
(fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
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飯: fàn · cooked rice; food; meal
锅: guō · cooking-pot, saucepan
饭: fàn · cooked rice; food, meal

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4–1–4 · da4 guo1 fan4

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noun

food prepared in a large canteen or cauldron; mess
(figurative, Mainland China) extreme or indiscriminate egalitarianism

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