吃里爬外 (吃裡爬外)
chī lǐ pá wài
Pinyin
Definition
吃里爬外 (吃裡爬外)
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- to work against the interests of sb one derives support from
- to double-cross one's employer
- to bite the hand that feeds you
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to eat
- 2 to consume
- 3 to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
- 4 to eradicate
- 5 to destroy
- 6 to absorb
- 7 to suffer
- 8 to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])
- 1 to have a meal
- 2 to eat
- 3 to make a living
- 1 outside
- 2 excluding
- 1 apart from
- 2 other than
- 3 except for
- 4 external
- 5 outside of
- 6 on the other side of
- 7 beyond
- 1 exception
- 2 to be an exception
Idioms (20)
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
- 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不足为外人道
- 1 no use to tell others
- 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
九霄云外
- 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
- 2 unimaginably far away
人外有人，天外有天
- 1 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
仇人相见，分外眼红
- 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)