過河拆橋

過河拆橋

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	river	to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open	bridge
trad. (過河拆橋)		過	河	拆	橋
simp. (过河拆桥)		过	河	拆	桥
Literally: “cross the river, tear down the bridge”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòhéchāiqiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄞ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ ho⁴ caak³ kiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guòhéchāiqiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄞ ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohherchaichyau
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ ho⁴ caak³ kiu⁴
    • Yale: gwo hòh chaak kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ ho⁴ tsaak⁸ kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ ho⁴ cag³ kiu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ hɔː²¹ t͡sʰäːk̚³ kʰiːu̯²¹/

Idiom

過河拆橋

1. to burn one's bridges; to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal

Synonyms

• 過河抽板／过河抽板
• 過橋拆橋／过桥拆桥
• 過橋抽板／过桥抽板
• 忘恩負義／忘恩负义 (wàng'ēnfùyì)