永不生锈的螺丝钉 yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng

selfless, loyal worker for the Party

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a "screw that never rusts" — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷锋léi fēng, to whom the metaphor is attributed

Characters

Character Meaning
永 yǒng HSK 4
forever; always; perpetual
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
生 shēng HSK 1
life; to be born; raw
锈 xiù HSK 6
to rust; to corrode
的 de HSK 1
(used after an attribute)
螺 luó
snail; spiral shell; conch
丝 sī HSK 5
silk; thread; trace
钉 dīng HSK 6
nail; variant of 盯dīng; to follow closely