Danger past, God forgotten.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
过河拆桥
lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)
02
fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 过河拆桥 actually appears in real sentences.
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ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 过河拆桥
What does 过河拆桥 mean in Chinese?
过河拆桥 (guòhéchāiqiáo) means lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom).
How do you pronounce 过河拆桥?
过河拆桥 is pronounced guòhéchāiqiáo.
Is 过河拆桥 an HSK word?
过河拆桥 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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