过河拆桥
过河拆桥
guò hé chāi qiáo
lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom); fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal
idiom
Traditional: 過河拆橋
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- (idiom) lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)
- fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal
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Related Words
套(tào)— to cover
→一夕数惊(yī xī shù jīng)— one scare after another (idiom)
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)— before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
→不到黄河心不死(bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ)— lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
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