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吃里扒外

chī lǐ pá wài

4-character word Traditional 吃裡扒外

What 吃里扒外 means

1. idiomto work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds

The characters in 吃里扒外

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 扒bāto peel; to skin; to tear
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign

Sounds the same

Read chī lǐ pá wài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吃里爬外variant of 吃里扒外