过河拆桥

Traditional form:

過河拆橋

Pinyin (reading):

guòhéchāiqiáo

Definitions:

• lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)
• fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal

Characters:

• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 拆 - to break open, to split up, to tear apart
• 桥 - bridge; beam, crosspiece

Traditional characters:

• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 拆 - to break open, to split up, to tear apart
• 橋 - bridge; beam, crosspiece