| 吃里扒外 |
chī lǐ pá wài |
(idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds |
| 吃 |
chī |
to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 |
chī |
variant of 吃 |
| 里 |
lǐ |
variant of 里 |
| 里 |
lǐ |
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 里 |
| 里 |
Lǐ |
surname Li |
| 里 |
lǐ |
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 and neighborhood 邻 levels |
| 扒 |
bā |
to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig |
| 扒 |
pá |
to rake up / to steal / to braise / to crawl |
| 外 |
wài |
outside / in addition / foreign / external |