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過橋抽板
  gwo3 kiu4 cau1 baan2   jyutping
to abandon one's friends when one is finally safe (after a crisis) (lit., "to dismantle the bridge after crossing")

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
過橋抽板

This word has been viewed 1876 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 9th Jun 2007 20:18 and last edited on 25th Feb 2014 23:02
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Characters in this word:

 gwo3  -  pass through; across
 kiu4 kiu2  -  bridge; idea
 cau1  -  draw out; bud; pull open
 baan2  -  plank; board
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