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The featured idiom 「卸磨殺驢」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
After grinding the food, the donkey pulling the mill was unloaded and killed. It is a metaphor for kicking away someone who has once helped you.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiè mó shā lǘ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
se3 mo4 saat3 lou4
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