吃人不吐骨头 chī rén bù tǔ gǔ tóu

vicious and greedy; ruthless

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. vicious and greedy
  2. 2. ruthless

Characters

Character Meaning
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
吐 tǔ HSK 5
to spit; to say; to put
骨 gǔ HSK 5
bone
头 tóu HSK 3
head; the top; end