卸磨殺驢 [－－杀驴]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
  2. fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, figuratively, idiomatic
    to get rid of somebody, or something, or both, upon ceasing to be useful
    • 十九年來，美國政府在亞洲、非洲和拉丁美洲的一些國家，策劃了多次反革命軍事政變，甚至對於它自己扶植起來的走狗，例如吳庭豔之流，只要一旦不再合乎它的心意，馬上卸磨殺驢，也採取暴力手段除掉。
      十九年来，美国政府在亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲的一些国家，策划了多次反革命军事政变，甚至对于它自己扶植起来的走狗，例如吴庭艳之流，只要一旦不再合乎它的心意，马上卸磨杀驴，也采取暴力手段除掉。
      shí jiǔ nián lái ， měi guó zhèng fǔ zài yà zhōu ， fēi zhōu hé lā dīng měi zhōu de yī xiē guó jiā ， cè huà le duō cì fǎn gé mìng jūn shì zhèng biàn ， shèn zhì duì yú tā zì jǐ fú zhí qǐ lai de zǒu gǒu ， lì rú wú tíng yàn zhī liú ， zhǐ yào yī dàn bù zài hé hū tā de xīn yì ， mǎ shàng xiè mó shā lǘ ， yě cǎi qǔ bào lì shǒu duàn chú diào ．
      During these nineteen years, the U.S. Government has engineered numerous counter-revolutionary military coups d'état in a number of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. It has even used violence to remove puppets of its own fostering, such as Ngo Dinh Diem, once they have ceased to suit its purposes—“kill the donkey as soon as you take it from the mill-stone”, as the saying goes.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    十九年来，美国政府在亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲的一些国家，策划了多次反革命军事政变，甚至对于它自己扶植起来的走狗，例如吴庭艳之流，只要一旦不再合乎它的心意，马上卸磨杀驴，也采取暴力手段除掉。
    十九年來，美國政府在亞洲、非洲和拉丁美洲的一些國家，策劃了多次反革命軍事政變，甚至對於它自己扶植起來的走狗，例如吳庭豔之流，只要一旦不再合乎它的心意，馬上卸磨殺驢，也採取暴力手段除掉。
    shí jiǔ nián lái ， měi guó zhèng fǔ zài yà zhōu ， fēi zhōu hé lā dīng měi zhōu de yī xiē guó jiā ， cè huà le duō cì fǎn gé mìng jūn shì zhèng biàn ， shèn zhì duì yú tā zì jǐ fú zhí qǐ lai de zǒu gǒu ， lì rú wú tíng yàn zhī liú ， zhǐ yào yī dàn bù zài hé hū tā de xīn yì ， mǎ shàng xiè mó shā lǘ ， yě cǎi qǔ bào lì shǒu duàn chú diào ．
    • During these nineteen years, the U.S. Government has engineered numerous counter-revolutionary military coups d'état in a number of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. It has even used violence to remove puppets of its own fostering, such as Ngo Dinh Diem, once they have ceased to suit its purposes—“kill the donkey as soon as you take it from the mill-stone”, as the saying goes.