yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng

Traditional: 永不生鏽的螺絲釘

永不生锈的螺丝钉 (yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng) is a Chinese word meaning “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]”.

Meanings

  1. 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]

Characters in 永不生锈的螺丝钉

永yǒng · forever不bù · no; not so生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born锈xiù · to rust的de · of; ~'s (possessive particle)螺luó · spiral shell丝sī · silk钉dīng · nail

Related words

的of; ~'s (possessive particle)的a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的really and truly的(bound form) bull's-eye; target不no; not so先生teacher是的yes, that's right不过only发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out不要don't!; must not对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon不错correct

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