挖牆腳

See also: 挖墙脚

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	foot of a wall; foundation; backbone
trad. (挖牆腳)		挖	牆腳
simp. (挖墙脚)		挖	墙脚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wāqiángjiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Min Nan (POJ): ó͘-chhiûⁿ-kha

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wāqiángjiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uachyangjeau
  - Tongyong Pinyin: waciángjiǎo
  - IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: wāqiángjiǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uachyangjeaul
  - Tongyong Pinyin: waciángjiǎor
  - IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕjaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ó͘-chhiûⁿ-kha
  - Tâi-lô: óo-tshiûnn-kha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ofchviu'qaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiũ¹³⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiũ²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴/

Verb

挖牆腳

to pull the rug out from under someone
to steal an organisation's key member or someone's lover

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 撬牆腳／撬墙脚

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