rice bowln.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪs ˌbəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈraɪs ˌboʊl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Chinese lexical item. Etymons: rice n.², bowl n.¹

Etymology: < rice n.² + bowl n.¹; in sense 1 partly after Chinese fànwǎn bowl out of which rice is eaten, job, means of living ( < fàn cooked rice + wǎn bowl). With sense 2 compare earlier granary n. b.In quot. 1853 at sense 1b (to break a person's rice bowl) after early modern Singhala bat-kuma binäyi, but the expression is not otherwise widespread in India. With sense 1b compare Chinese tiě fànwǎn secure job, literally ‘iron rice bowl’, etc.; in to break a person's rice bowl in 20th cent. use after zá fànwǎn to deprive (a person) of the means of living, to dismiss from a job, lit. ‘to break the rice bowl’.

a. A bowl out of which rice is eaten.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > cup, bowl, or basin > other types of cup, bowl, or basin

custard cup1670

mustard-bowl1674

rice bowl1828

tou1899

1828 R. Morrison Vocab. Canton Dial. iii Fan u,..a rice bowl—made of pewter.

1891 Amer. Anthropologist 4 179 Another mode of petitioning [in Korea] is for a person to take an empty brass rice bowl and strike it as the king passes along.

1922 W. S. Maugham On Chinese Screen li. 206 The coolie's rice bowl has its rough but not inelegant adornment.

1972 ‘M. Hebden’ Killer for Chairman i. iv. 52 She moved an empty rice bowl on the table.

2000 R. Hosking At Japanese Table v. 52 Informally, the chopsticks are often rested on top of the rice bowl.

b. figurative. Esp. in Asian contexts: a person's livelihood or source of income. Frequently in to break a person's rice bowl: to deprive a person of the means to make a living.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood

lifeOE

foodOE

livelihoodc1300

livingc1330

ploughc1390

purchasec1475

daily bread1526

being1570

governing1572

shift1572

supportation1576

thrift1579

livelihead1590

thrive1592

breadwinnera1614

subsistence1644

gain1655

bread and butter1691

through-bearing1705

bread1719

bread ticket1801

daily1817

lifehood1823

rice bowl1853

crust1916

1853 R. S. Hardy tr. Amáwatura in Man. Budhism vii. 271 The tirttaka declared that his rice-bowl was broken, his subsistence gone .

1926 Peabody Jrnl. Educ. 3 198 The honest effort to earn their ‘rice bowl’—the Chinese phrase for ‘bread and butter’—by tilling the farms.

1952 N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Jan. 2/2 In the Far East we have a rule that no one has the right to break the other man's rice bowl.

1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger xxix. 619 That was his rice bowl, as the government saying went.

2008 A. C. Clarke & F. Pohl Last Theorem viii. 61 You were breaking his rice bowl, you know. If the guests opened their own Coke bottles, the beverage wallah would be out of a job.

2. An area in which abundant quantities of rice are grown.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > rice land or field

paddy field1763

sawah1783

rice paddy1825

paddy flat1880

paddy1904

rice bowl1940

1940 Nebraska State Jrnl. 12 Feb. 5/3 Szechwan has been called the rice bowl of China.

1943 Sun (Baltimore) 10 June 12/2 Hunan and Hupeh, ‘rice bowl’ provinces of East Central China.

1979 Times of India 17 Aug. 14/3 Waters in Kuttanad, the rice bowl of Kerala, have been severely polluted by massive application of pesticides in paddy fields.

2004 fRoots Dec. 41/1 Thailand appears to have come a long way since Nga's childhood in Isaan, Thailand's impoverished rice bowl.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rice bowl
释义	rice bowln. Brit. /ˈrʌɪs ˌbəʊl/, U.S. /ˈraɪs ˌboʊl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Chinese lexical item. Etymons: rice n.², bowl n.¹ Etymology: < rice n.² + bowl n.¹; in sense 1 partly after Chinese fànwǎn bowl out of which rice is eaten, job, means of living ( < fàn cooked rice + wǎn bowl). With sense 2 compare earlier granary n. b.In quot. 1853 at sense 1b (to break a person's rice bowl) after early modern Singhala bat-kuma binäyi, but the expression is not otherwise widespread in India. With sense 1b compare Chinese tiě fànwǎn secure job, literally ‘iron rice bowl’, etc.; in to break a person's rice bowl in 20th cent. use after zá fànwǎn to deprive (a person) of the means of living, to dismiss from a job, lit. ‘to break the rice bowl’. 1. a. A bowl out of which rice is eaten. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > cup, bowl, or basin > other types of cup, bowl, or basin custard cup1670 mustard-bowl1674 rice bowl1828 tou1899 1828 R. Morrison Vocab. Canton Dial. iii Fan u,..a rice bowl—made of pewter. 1891 Amer. Anthropologist 4 179 Another mode of petitioning [in Korea] is for a person to take an empty brass rice bowl and strike it as the king passes along. 1922 W. S. Maugham On Chinese Screen li. 206 The coolie's rice bowl has its rough but not inelegant adornment. 1972 ‘M. Hebden’ Killer for Chairman i. iv. 52 She moved an empty rice bowl on the table. 2000 R. Hosking At Japanese Table v. 52 Informally, the chopsticks are often rested on top of the rice bowl. b. figurative. Esp. in Asian contexts: a person's livelihood or source of income. Frequently in to break a person's rice bowl: to deprive a person of the means to make a living. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood lifeOE foodOE livelihoodc1300 livingc1330 ploughc1390 purchasec1475 daily bread1526 being1570 governing1572 shift1572 supportation1576 thrift1579 livelihead1590 thrive1592 breadwinnera1614 subsistence1644 gain1655 bread and butter1691 through-bearing1705 bread1719 bread ticket1801 daily1817 lifehood1823 rice bowl1853 crust1916 1853 R. S. Hardy tr. Amáwatura in Man. Budhism vii. 271 The tirttaka declared that his rice-bowl was broken, his subsistence gone . 1926 Peabody Jrnl. Educ. 3 198 The honest effort to earn their ‘rice bowl’—the Chinese phrase for ‘bread and butter’—by tilling the farms. 1952 N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Jan. 2/2 In the Far East we have a rule that no one has the right to break the other man's rice bowl. 1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger xxix. 619 That was his rice bowl, as the government saying went. 2008 A. C. Clarke & F. Pohl Last Theorem viii. 61 You were breaking his rice bowl, you know. If the guests opened their own Coke bottles, the beverage wallah would be out of a job. 2. An area in which abundant quantities of rice are grown. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > rice land or field paddy field1763 sawah1783 rice paddy1825 paddy flat1880 paddy1904 rice bowl1940 1940 Nebraska State Jrnl. 12 Feb. 5/3 Szechwan has been called the rice bowl of China. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 10 June 12/2 Hunan and Hupeh, ‘rice bowl’ provinces of East Central China. 1979 Times of India 17 Aug. 14/3 Waters in Kuttanad, the rice bowl of Kerala, have been severely polluted by massive application of pesticides in paddy fields. 2004 fRoots Dec. 41/1 Thailand appears to have come a long way since Nga's childhood in Isaan, Thailand's impoverished rice bowl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828
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