大鍋飯

大锅饭
dàguōfàn
  1. meal cooked in a large pot
  2. communal meal
  3. (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit

CEDICT

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

Wiktionary

  1. 以大鍋煮的飯，可供多數人吃的一般伙食。
  2. 大陸地區喻不論幹多少或成績好壞，所獲待遇都一樣的分配方式。

重編國語辭典

  1. 不論做了多少事或成效好壞，所得到的待遇都是一樣的
  2. 以大鍋煮的飯菜，可供多數人吃的一般伙食

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 大鍋 dàguō
  1. a big wok
  2. cauldron
2 飯 fàn
  1. cooked rice
  2. meal
  3. (loanword) fan
  4. devotee

classifiers: 碗, 頓

Containing this entry

吃大鍋飯 chīdàguōfàn
  1. lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
  2. fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance

Related entries

聚餐 jùcān
  1. communal meal
  2. formal dinner of club or group