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吃人不吐骨头

chī rén bù tǔ gǔ tóudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
ruthless / vicious and greedy
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-de81889326c2f719. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

吃人不吐骨頭 吃人不吐骨头 [chi1 ren2 bu4 tu3 gu3 tou2] /ruthless/vicious and greedy/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 吃人不吐骨頭

  • 吃
    chī

    to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

  • 人
  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 吐
    tǔ

    to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances)

    tù

    to vomit / to throw up

  • 骨
    gū

    used in 骨碌碌[gū lù lù] / used in 骨碌[gū lu] / used in 骨朵[gū duo]

    gǔ

    bone

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.