Wa qiang jiao, Wā qiáng jiǎo: 3 definitions

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挖牆角 [wā qiáng jiǎo] [wa qiang jiao]—
"拆臺 [chai tai] (chāi tái)" is a metaphor for fundamentally undermining or damaging someone else. For example, "The progress of this matter is so unsuccessful, is it because someone is 'digging at the foundation' (, wā qiáng jiǎo)?"

挖牆角:拆臺,比喻從根本上破壞、損害別人。如:「這件事進行這麼不順,是不是有人在挖牆角?」

wā qiáng jiǎo: chāi tái, bǐ yù cóng gēn běn shàng pò huài,, sǔn hài bié rén. rú: “zhè jiàn shì jìn xíng zhè me bù shùn, shì bù shì yǒu rén zài wā qiáng jiǎo?”

wa qiang jiao: chai tai, bi yu cong gen ben shang po huai,, sun hai bie ren. ru: "zhe jian shi jin xing zhe me bu shun, shi bu shi you ren zai wa qiang jiao?"

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挖牆腳 [wā qiáng jiǎo] [wa qiang jiao]—
Undermining the foundation of a wall. This metaphor refers to secretly hindering or sabotaging someone else's plans or actions. For example, "Someone who spends all day undermining others (, wā qiáng jiǎo) and pulling their legs (扯後腿 [che hou tui], chě hòu tuǐ) will never be able to accomplish anything worthwhile." Also written as "挖牆根 [wa qiang gen]" (wā qiáng gēn).

挖牆腳:挖毀牆的地基。比喻在暗地裡阻撓或破壞別人的計畫、行動。如:「一天到晚對別人挖牆腳、扯後腿的人,也絕對做不了正經事。」也作「挖牆根」。

wā qiáng jiǎo: wā huǐ qiáng de de jī. bǐ yù zài àn de lǐ zǔ náo huò pò huài bié rén de jì huà,, xíng dòng. rú: “yī tiān dào wǎn duì bié rén wā qiáng jiǎo,, chě hòu tuǐ de rén, yě jué duì zuò bù le zhèng jīng shì.” yě zuò “wā qiáng gēn” .

wa qiang jiao: wa hui qiang de de ji. bi yu zai an de li zu nao huo po huai bie ren de ji hua,, xing dong. ru: "yi tian dao wan dui bie ren wa qiang jiao,, che hou tui de ren, ye jue dui zuo bu le zheng jing shi." ye zuo "wa qiang gen" .

Source: moedict.tw: Mengdian Mandarin Chinese Dictionary

挖牆腳 t = 挖墙脚 s = wā qiáng jiǎo p refers to “to undermine/to let someone down/to seduce someone away from something”.

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