吃里扒外 — Chinese idiom
吃里扒外
chī lǐ pá wài
Traditional: 吃裡扒外
Meaning
- to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds
Character by character
- 吃chīto eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 里lǐunit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
- 扒páto scratch, to dig up; to crouch, to crawl
- 外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addition
Idioms sharing a character
- 吃干抹净 chī gān mā jìng
- 吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ
- 吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè
- 吃大锅饭 chī dà guō fàn
- 吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo
- 吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là
- 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng
- 多吃多占 duō chī duō zhàn
- 大吃一惊 dà chī yī jīng
- 好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò
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