吃裡扒外

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See also: 吃里扒外 and 吃裏扒外

Chinese

eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
inside; within; in
inside; within; in; lining of clothing
 
climb; crawl; snatch
climb; crawl; snatch; pull (out); to strip; hold on to; cling to; dig up; rake; push aside
 
outside; in addition; foreign
outside; in addition; foreign; external
 
trad. (吃裡扒外/吃裏扒外) 吃 裡/裏 扒 外
simp. (吃里扒外) 吃 里 扒 外
alternative forms 吃裡爬外／吃里爬外

Pronunciation

Idiom

吃裡扒外

  1. to live off someone while helping others; to repay a kindness by stabbing someone in the back

Usage notes

  • The form 吃里爬外 is recommended by dictionaries published in Mainland China.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吃裡扒外 (“to live off someone while helping others; to repay a kindness by stabbing someone in the back”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吃裡扒外
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 吃裡扒外
Taiwan 吃裡扒外
Singapore 吃裡扒外
Cantonese Guangzhou 食碗面反碗底
Hong Kong 食碗面反碗底
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 家神透外鬼
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 家神透外鬼
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 家神透外鬼
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 家神透外鬼
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 家神透外鬼
Southern Min Xiamen 食碗內說碗外, 食碗內講碗外
Quanzhou 食碗內說碗外
Zhangzhou 食碗內說碗外
Tainan 食碗內洗碗外, 食碗內說碗外
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