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大锅饭

dà guō fàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-d1288b8b580d333a. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大鍋飯 大锅饭 [da4 guo1 fan4] /meal cooked in a large pot/communal meal/(fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit/

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Other forms in these source records: 大鍋飯

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 锅
    guō

    pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kǒu],隻|只[zhī]

  • 饭
    fàn

    cooked rice / CL:碗[wǎn] / meal / CL:頓|顿[dùn] / (loanword) fan / devotee

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.