吃人不吐骨头

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

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Homographs

吃人不吐骨头 chīrénbùtǔgutǒu

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)
4 骨头 gǔtou
  1. bone
  2. moral character
  3. bitterness
  4. Taiwan pr. gútou

classifiers: 根, 塊

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恶辣 èlà ruthless
暴戾 bàolì ruthless
狠绝 hěnjué ruthless
酷 kù
  1. ruthless
  2. strong (e.g. of wine)
  3. (loanword) cool
  4. hip
你觉得我是个酷哥吗？

Do you think of me as a cool guy?

Source: Tatoeba

凶险 xiōngxiǎn
  1. dangerous
  2. ruthless
  3. treacherous
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