过河拆桥 — Chinese idiom
过河拆桥
guò hé chāi qiáo
Traditional: 過河拆橋
Meaning
- (lit.) to destroy the bridge after crossing the river
- (fig.) to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal
Character by character
- 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 河hériver, stream; the Yellow river
- 拆chāito break open, to split up, to tear apart
- 桥qiáobridge; beam, crosspiece
Idioms sharing a character
- 一笔带过 yī bǐ dài guò
- 不过如此 bù guò rú cǐ
- 不过尔尔 bù guò ěr ěr
- 事不过三 shì bù guò sān
- 事过境迁 shì guò jìng qiān
- 人谁无过 rén shéi wú guò
- 大喜过望 dà xǐ guò wàng
- 将功补过 jiāng gōng bǔ guò
- 得过且过 dé guò qiě guò
- 悔过自新 huǐ guò zì xīn
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