家神透外鬼

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Chinese

household deity
to penetrate; thorough; penetrating
to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce
 
outside; in addition; foreign
outside; in addition; foreign; external
 
 ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (家神透外鬼) 家神 透 外 鬼
simp. #(家神透外鬼) 家神 透 外 鬼
Literally: “the household deity disclosing things to devils outside”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

家神透外鬼

  1. (Hakka) to be ungrateful; to bite the hand that feeds one

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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