過橋抽板

Chinese

		to cross a bridge; to take advantage of; to play a trick on	to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (過橋抽板)		過橋	抽	板
simp. (过桥抽板)		过桥	抽	板
Literally: “to cross a bridge and take away the planks”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòqiáochōubǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄔㄡ ㄅㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ kiu⁴ cau¹ baan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòqiáochōubǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄔㄡ ㄅㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòciáochoubǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-chʻiao²-chʻou¹-pan³
    • Yale: gwò-chyáu-chōu-bǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohchyauchoubaan
    • Palladius: гоцяочоубань (gocjaočoubanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ kiu⁴ cau¹ baan²
    • Yale: gwo kìuh chāu báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ kiu⁴ tsau¹ baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ kiu⁴ ceo¹ ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ kʰiːu̯²¹ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ paːn³⁵/

Idiom

過橋抽板

1. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 過河拆橋 (“to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		過河拆橋, 過河抽板, 過橋拆橋, 過橋抽板
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	過河拆橋
	Taiwan	過河拆橋
	Malaysia	過河拆橋
	Singapore	過河拆橋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	過橋抽板
	Hong Kong	過橋抽板
	Kaiping (Chikan)	過橋抽板
Gan	Pingxiang	過橋抽板
Hakka	Meixian	過橋㧍板
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	過橋掹板
	Yudu	過河拆橋, 過橋抽板
Southern Min	Xiamen	橋過拐抽
	Longyan	過橋拆板
Wu	Wenzhou	過河拔橋