過河拆橋

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòhéchāiqiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄞ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ ho⁴ caak³ kiu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-hô-thiah-kiô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòhéchāiqiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄞ ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòhéchaiciáo
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-ho²-chʻai¹-chʻiao²
    • Yale: gwò-hé-chāi-chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohherchaichyau
    • Palladius: гохэчайцяо (goxɛčajcjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ ho⁴ caak³ kiu⁴
    • Yale: gwo hòh chaak kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ ho⁴ tsaak⁸ kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ ho⁴ cag³ kiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ hɔː²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚³ kʰiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-hô-thiah-kiô
    • Tâi-lô: kè-hô-thiah-kiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kea'hoi'tiahkiooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ ho²⁴ tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kio²⁴/

Idiom

過河拆橋

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

Synonyms

• 忘恩負義／忘恩负义 (wàng'ēnfùyì)

Dialectal synonyms of 過河拆橋 (“to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
	Taiwan	過河拆橋
Mandarin	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