過橋抽板

Chinese
to cross a bridge; to take advantage of; to play a trick on to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump
 
board; plank; plate
board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (過橋抽板) 過橋 抽 板
simp. (过桥抽板) 过桥 抽 板
Literally: “to cross a bridge and take away the planks”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

過橋抽板

  1. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 過河拆橋 (“to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 過河拆橋, 過河抽板, 過橋拆橋, 過橋抽板
Mandarin Taiwan 過河拆橋
Malaysia 過河拆橋
Singapore 過河拆橋
Cantonese Guangzhou 過橋抽板
Hong Kong 過橋抽板
Gan Pingxiang 過橋抽板
Hakka Meixian 過橋㧍板
Yudu 過河拆橋, 過橋抽板
Min Nan Xiamen 橋過拐抽
Wu Wenzhou 過河拔橋
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