吃人不吐骨头

Traditional: 吃人不吐骨頭

chī rén bù tǔ gǔ tóu

Dictionary entry

ruthless

What does 吃人不吐骨头 mean?

吃人不吐骨头 (chī rén bù tǔ gǔ tóu) has the following dictionary meaning.

1ruthless

2vicious and greedy

Character breakdown

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吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-吐tǔto spit · to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc)骨gūused in 骨碌碌[gu1 lu4 lu4] · used in 骨碌[gu1 lu5]头tóuhead · hair style

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吃人不吐骨头

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