吃人不吐骨头
chī​rén​bù​tǔ​gǔ​tou

ruthless and greedy

  • created reference approved 吃人不吐骨头/吃人不吐骨頭 → 吃人不吐骨 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吃人不吐骨头 / 吃人不吐骨頭 chī​rén​bù​tǔ​gǔ​tou

    吃人不吐骨 chī​rén​bù​tǔ​gǔ

    variant

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  • created sense approved 吃人不吐骨头/吃人不吐骨頭 · chī​rén​bù​tǔ​gǔ​tou · ruthless and greedy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吃人不吐骨头 / 吃人不吐骨頭

    chī​rén​bù​tǔ​gǔ​tou

    ruthless and greedy

    literally meaning "eat people without spitting out the bones"; used to describe someone who is extremely cruel, vicious, or greedy to the point of utterly destroying others

    chī​rén​bù​tǔ​gū​tou

    吃人 (literal) → 吃人 · chī​rén · to eat people 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 吐 (literal) → 吐 · tǔ · to spit 骨头 (literal) → 骨头/骨頭 · gū​tou · bone

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