鐵tit3飯faan6碗wun2

English

1. secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
2. employment at the government
3. a secure job; a job from which one is unlikely to be dismissed; especially, a government job; literally, iron rice bowl

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 穩定，唔易俾人炒嘅工（量詞：個）

Examples

• 而家政府工已經唔係鐵飯碗。

  Nowadays a government job is not considered to be an "iron rice bowl" (stable work, job for life) anymore.