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A proverb to scold someone who always wants to take advantage.

Eat people without spitting out bones

Pinyin chī rén bù tǔ gǔ tóu Explanation: It is a metaphor for cruelty and greed. Source: Chapter 27 of Duanmu Hongliang's "Cao Xueqin": "But this person is full of evil, he eats people without spitting out their bones, he doesn't accomplish enough and fails more than he does, so he can only win over, not offend...