chāi
qiáng
jiǎo

idiom

Meaning of 拆墙脚

拆墙脚 means to undermine; to sabotage; to pull the rug out from under someone. Pronounced chāi qiáng jiǎo.

  • to undermine; to sabotage; to pull the rug out from under someone

Definitions & Examples

wèi
le
shàng
wèi
 
dào
chù
chāi
tóng
shì
de
qiáng
jiǎo
 

In order to get promoted himself, he's been undermining his colleagues everywhere.

Liǎng
jiā
gōng
jìng
zhēng
liè
 
xiāng
rén
chāi
qiáng
jiǎo
shì
cháng
shì
 

The two companies are fiercely competing; poaching talent and sabotaging each other is common.

Zhè
ge
xiàng
yǎn
kàn
jiù
yào
chéng
le
 
méi
xiǎng
dào
yǒu
rén
bèi
hòu
chāi
qiáng
jiǎo
 

The project was about to succeed, but unexpectedly someone sabotaged it from behind the scenes.