抽梯子
chōu​tī​zi

to pull the ladder

  • created sense approved 抽梯子 · chōu​tī​zi · to pull the ladder — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抽梯子

    chōu​tī​zi

    to pull the ladder

    To abandon or sabotage a partner before a task is finished; to leave someone in the lurch by withdrawing support at a critical moment.

    抽, 梯子

    抽 (literal) → 抽 · chōu · to pull out 梯子 (literal) → 梯子 · tī​zi · ladder

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

    created sense