吃裡扒外
Chinese
eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer |
inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing |
climb; crawl; snatch climb; crawl; snatch; pull (out); to strip; hold on to; cling to; dig up; rake; push aside |
outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (吃裡扒外/吃裏扒外) | 吃 | 裡/裏 | 扒 | 外 | |
| simp. (吃里扒外) | 吃 | 里 | 扒 | 外 | |
| alternative forms | 吃裡爬外／吃里爬外 | ||||
Pronunciation
Idiom
吃裡扒外
Usage notes
- The form 吃里爬外 is recommended by dictionaries published in Mainland China.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 吃裡扒外 (“to live off someone while helping others; to repay a kindness by stabbing someone in the back”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吃裡扒外 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 吃裡扒外 |
| Taiwan | 吃裡扒外 | |
| Singapore | 吃裡扒外 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 食碗面反碗底 |
| Hong Kong | 食碗面反碗底 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 家神透外鬼 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 家神透外鬼 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 家神透外鬼 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 家神透外鬼 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 家神透外鬼 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 食碗內說碗外, 食碗內講碗外 |
| Quanzhou | 食碗內說碗外 | |
| Zhangzhou | 食碗內說碗外 | |
| Tainan | 食碗內洗碗外, 食碗內說碗外 | |
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