卸磨杀驴 — Chinese idiom
卸磨杀驴
xiè mò shā lǘ
Traditional: 卸磨殺驢
Meaning
- lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done
- fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
Character by character
- 卸xièto unload; to lay down; to resign
- 磨mòmillstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear ou
- 杀shāto kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- 驴lǘdonkey, ass
Idioms sharing a character
- 切磋琢磨 qiē cuō zhuó mó
- 好事多磨 hǎo shì duō mó
- 磨刀霍霍 mó dāo huò huò
- 磨嘴皮子 mó zuǐ pí zi
- 磨杵成针 mó chǔ chéng zhēn
- 磨穿铁砚 mó chuān tiě yàn
- 耳鬓厮磨 ěr bìn sī mó
- 临阵磨枪 lín zhèn mó qiāng
- 软磨硬泡 ruǎn mó yìng pào
- 借刀杀人 jiè dāo shā rén
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