卸磨杀驴
Traditional form:
卸磨殺驢
Pinyin (reading):
xièmòshālü
Definitions:
- lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
- fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
Characters:
- 卸 - to unload; to lay down; to resign
- 磨 - millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out
- 杀 - to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- 驴 - donkey, ass
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