过桥拆桥
guò​qiáo​chāi​qiáo

to kick down the ladder

  • created reference approved 过桥拆桥/過橋拆橋 → 过河拆桥/過河拆橋 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    过桥拆桥 / 過橋拆橋 guò​qiáo​chāi​qiáo

    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 过桥拆桥/過橋拆橋 · guò​qiáo​chāi​qiáo · to kick down the ladder — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    过桥拆桥 / 過橋拆橋

    guò​qiáo​chāi​qiáo

    to kick down the ladder

    To destroy the bridge after crossing it; used as a metaphor for being ungrateful or abandoning those who helped you once they are no longer useful.

    过桥 (literal) → 过桥/過橋 · guò​qiáo · to cross a bridge 拆 (literal) → 拆 · chāi · to demolish 桥 (literal) → 桥/橋 · qiáo · bridge

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

    created sense