永不生銹的螺絲釘 yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng

DEFINITIONS

  1. a "screw that never rusts" — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1], to whom the metaphor is attributed

CHARACTERS

永 yǒng
HSK 4
long, perpetual, eternal, forever
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
生 shēng
HSK 1
life, living, lifetime; birth
銹 xiù rust, corrode
的 de
HSK 1
possessive, adjectival suffix
螺 luó spiral shell; conch; spiral
絲 sī silk; fine thread; wire; strings
釘 dīng nail, spike; pursue closely