過橋抽板 (gwo3 kiu4 cau1 baan2) — to abandon one's friends when one is finally safe (after a crisis) (lit., "to dismantle the bridge after crossing") in Cantonese
gwo˗₃過kiuˎ₄橋cauˉ¹抽baanˊ²板简 过桥抽板
Mandarin Pinyin: guo4 qiao2 chou1 ban3
Meaning of 過橋抽板
nounto abandon one's friends when one is finally safe (after a crisis) (lit., "to dismantle the bridge after crossing")
noundescribes a situation where a person doesn't reciprocate the help of others and is ungrateful to those who helped him/her