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吃里爬外
chī​lǐ​pá​wài

to bite the hand that feeds you

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
吃里爬外 吃裡爬外 chī​lǐ​pá​wài
to bite the hand that feeds you
to work against the interests of a group one belongs to or a person one receives support from; to double-cross one's employer

Frequency

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Cross-References

Variant of

  • 吃里扒外 chī​lǐ​pá​wài

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Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)