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狡兔死走狗烹
jiǎo​tù​sǐ​zǒu​gǒu​pēng

to discard someone after they have served their purpose

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
狡兔死走狗烹 jiǎo​tù​sǐ​zǒu​gǒu​pēng
to discard someone after they have served their purpose
Literally "to boil the hound once it has caught the rabbit"; used as an idiom to describe getting rid of those who have accomplished a task once they are no longer needed.
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