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狼心狗肺

láng xīn gǒu fèi · literally “wolf heart, dog lungs”

Meaning

Cruel and ungrateful — someone who repays kindness with betrayal.

In a sentence

After all she did for him, calling him 狼心狗肺 felt fair.

Usage note

A strong insult. Use only in anger or in reported speech.

Where you see it in Brain Challenge

This idiom appears in the picture-idiom levels as a picture or number clue. When the clue shows numbers, the digits usually become the first characters of each half of the idiom — that is why so many chengyu start with 一, 三, 五, 七, 九 or 十.

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