過河拆橋
Chinese
editto 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 | ||
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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
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo3 ho4 caak3 kiu4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-hô-thiah-kiô
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
edit過河拆橋
- to burn one's bridges; to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal
Synonyms
editDialectal synonyms of 過河拆橋 (“to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 | |
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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