吃大锅饭

chīdàguōfàn

eat in the cafeteria the same as everyone else; mess together, eat from the same big pot—get the same reward or pay as everyone else regardless of one's performance in work

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chī dà guō fàn

v. mess together

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吃大锅饭

chī dà guō fàn

eating from the same pot -- getting an equal share regardless of the work done; eat from the “big pot” (“communal pot”; “same big mess pot”); eat from the public cauldron; eat in the canteen the same as everyone else; Everybody eats from the same pot.; “share food from the same big pot” regardless of whether people do good or shoddy work; tendencies towards equalitarianism among enterprises