Word information
Simplified兔死狗烹
Traditional兔死狗烹
Pinyintù sǐ gǒu pēng
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Chinese word dictionary
兔死狗烹
tù sǐ gǒu pēng · lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
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