吃里爬外

chī lǐ pá wài

to work against the interests of sb one derives support from

to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds you

吃

chī

variant of 吃[chi1]

里

lǐ

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m

爬

pá

to crawl

外

wài

outside