undermine; sabotage
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to undermine; to sabotage; to pull the rug out from under someone
informal源自建筑领域，原意指拆除建筑物的支撑墙脚使其倒塌。现在多用于比喻在背地里破坏别人的基础、计划、合作关系等，使其事情办不成或失败。含有贬义。
Tā他
wèi为
le了
zì自
jǐ己
shàng上
wèi位
，
dào到
chù处
chāi拆
tóng同
shì事
de的
qiáng墙
jiǎo脚
。
In order to get promoted himself, he's been undermining his colleagues everywhere.
Liǎng两
jiā家
gōng公
sī司
jìng竞
zhēng争
jī激
liè烈
，
hù互
xiāng相
wā挖
rén人
hé和
chāi拆
qiáng墙
jiǎo脚
shì是
cháng常
shì事
。
The two companies are fiercely competing; poaching talent and sabotaging each other is common.
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Zhè这
ge个
xiàng项
mù目
yǎn眼
kàn看
jiù就
yào要
chéng成
le了
，
méi没
xiǎng想
dào到
yǒu有
rén人
bèi背
hòu后
chāi拆
qiáng墙
jiǎo脚
。
The project was about to succeed, but unexpectedly someone sabotaged it from behind the scenes.