胳膊肘朝外拐 gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi

side with outsiders; not help your own people

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)
  2. 2. the elbow turns the wrong way

Characters

Character Meaning
胳 gē HSK 4
armpit; variant of 胳gē
膊 bo HSK 4
upper arm; shoulder
肘 zhǒu
elbow; pork shoulder
朝 cháo HSK 5
towards; facing; dynasty
外 wài HSK 2
outside; external; foreign
拐 guǎi HSK 5
to turn (a corner etc); to swindle; to kidnap