吃里爬外
chī​lǐ​pá​wài

to bite the hand that feeds you

  • created reference approved 吃里爬外/吃裡爬外 → 吃里扒外/吃裡扒外 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吃里爬外 / 吃裡爬外 chī​lǐ​pá​wài

    吃里扒外 / 吃裡扒外 chī​lǐ​pá​wài

    variant

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

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  • created sense approved 吃里爬外/吃裡爬外 · chī​lǐ​pá​wài · to bite the hand that feeds you — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to live on 里 (literal) → 里/裡 · lǐ · inside 爬 (literal) → 爬 · pá · to crawl 外 (literal) → 外 · wài · betray

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

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