過河拆橋

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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

Idiom

過河拆橋

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 過河拆橋 (“to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 過河拆橋, 過河抽板, 過橋拆橋, 過橋抽板
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 過河拆橋, 過河兒拆橋
Taiwan 過河拆橋
Malaysia 過河拆橋
Singapore 過河拆橋
Cantonese Guangzhou 過橋抽板
Hong Kong 過橋抽板
Kaiping (Chikan) 過橋抽板
Gan Pingxiang 過橋抽板
Hakka Meixian 過橋㧍板
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 過橋掹板
Yudu 過河拆橋, 過橋抽板
Southern Min Xiamen 橋過拐抽
Longyan 過橋拆板
Wu Wenzhou 過河拔橋
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