拖狗皮

tuōgǒupí
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to sponge off others as a hanger-on
  2. 2 to cling shamelessly; to hang around refusing to leave
  3. 3 to leech

Examples

Tā zài rénjiā jiǔxí shàng tuō gǒupí, hùn chī hùn hē.
He hangs around other people's banquets as a freeloader, scrounging food and drink.
Fēnshǒu le hái tiāntiān lái zhǎo, jiǎnzhí shì tuō gǒupí.
Broken up and still showing up every day — he's just clinging on shamelessly.

Tips

usage
Image: dragging a dog's hide behind you (a thick-skinned nuisance that sticks around). Two uses: freeloading off others, or refusing to let go of someone. Colloquial and blunt — not polite.

Stroke Order

tuō
gǒu