吃人不吐骨頭

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Chinese

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eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
man; person; people not; no vomit; to spit bone; character; personal quality
trad. (吃人不吐骨頭) 骨頭
simp. (吃人不吐骨头) 骨头
alternative forms 吃肉不吐骨頭吃肉不吐骨头
吃人不吐骨
吃死人不吐骨頭吃死人不吐骨头
食人唔𦧲骨 Cantonese
Literally: “to eat a person without spitting bones”.

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Idiom

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吃人不吐骨頭

  1. (derogatory, figurative) to be extremely ruthless and greedy