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 ㄔㄞㄑㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ ho⁴ caak³ kiu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guòhéchāiqiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄞㄑㄧㄠˊ
  - 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

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)

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