挖牆腳

See also: 挖墙脚

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	foot of a wall; foundation; backbone
trad. (挖牆腳)		挖	牆腳
simp. (挖墙脚)		挖	墙脚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wāqiángjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ó͘-chhiûⁿ-kha

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāqiángjiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: waciángjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-chʻiang²-chiao³
    • Yale: wā-chyáng-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uachyangjeau
    • Palladius: вацянцзяо (vacjanczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāqiángjiǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: waciángjiǎor
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-chʻiang²-chiao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: wā-chyáng-jyǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uachyangjeaul
    • Palladius: вацянцзяор (vacjanczjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ó͘-chhiûⁿ-kha
    • Tâi-lô: óo-tshiûnn-kha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofchviu'qaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ¹³⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴/

Verb

挖牆腳

1. to pull the rug out from under someone
2. to steal an organisation's key member or someone's lover

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 撬牆腳／撬墙脚