吃里爬外
Traditional form:
吃裡爬外
Pinyin (reading):
chīlǐpáwài
Definitions:
- to work against the interests of sb one derives support from
- to double-cross one's employer
- to bite the hand that feeds you
Characters:
- 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
- 爬 - to climb, to scramble; to crawl, to creep
- 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
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