永不生锈的螺丝钉

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

Character by character

• 永(yǒng)forever
• 不(bù)no
• 生(shēng)grow
• 锈(xiù)rust
• 的(de)marks possession and modification
• 螺(luó)spiral shell
• 丝(sī)silk
• 钉(dīng)nail