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卸磨杀驴

xiè mò shā lǘ

4-character word Traditional 卸磨殺驢

What 卸磨杀驴 means

1. lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
2. fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful

The characters in 卸磨杀驴

• 卸xièto unload; to remove; to detach; to get rid of
• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 驴lǘdonkey

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