吃人不吐骨頭

吃人不吐骨头
chīrénbùtǔgutǒu
  1. (derogatory, figurative) to be extremely ruthless and greedy
  2. to be extremely ruthless and greedy

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Homographs

吃人不吐骨頭 chīrénbùtǔgǔtóu
  1. ruthless
  2. vicious and greedy

Entry Composition

1 吃人 chīrén
  1. exploitative
  2. oppressive
2 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
=3 吐 tǔ
  1. to spit
  2. to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc)
  3. to say
  4. to pour out (one's grievances)
=3 吐 tù
  1. to vomit
  2. to throw up
4 骨頭 gǔtou
  1. bone
  2. moral character
  3. bitterness
  4. Taiwan pr. gútou

classifiers: 根, 塊