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永不生锈的螺丝钉 永不生鏽的螺絲釘

yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng

Meaning

a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷锋 Léi Fēng

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永yǒnglong; perpetual, eternal; forever水不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth一土锈xiùto rust, to corrode钅秀的deaim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix白勺螺luóspiral shell, conch; spiral虫累丝sīsilk, fine thread; wire; strings一钉dīngnail, spike钅丁