大鍋

a big wok / cauldron

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]

lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance

meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit