卸磨杀驴
xiè​mò​shā​lǘ

to kill the donkey once the grinding is done

  • created reference approved 卸磨杀驴/卸磨殺驢 → 过河拆桥/過河拆橋 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卸磨杀驴 / 卸磨殺驢 xiè​mò​shā​lǘ

    过河拆桥 / 過河拆橋 guò​hé​chāi​qiáo

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 卸磨杀驴/卸磨殺驢 · xiè​mò​shā​lǘ · to kill the donkey once the grinding is done — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卸磨杀驴 / 卸磨殺驢

    xiè​mò​shā​lǘ

    to kill the donkey once the grinding is done

    To get rid of someone as soon as they have ceased to be useful; to abandon or harm those who helped you once your goal is reached.

    卸 (literal) → 卸 · xiè · to unhitch 磨 (literal) → 磨 · mò · millstone 杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shā · to kill 驴 (literal) → 驴/驢 · lǘ · donkey

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense