Harvest and discard defeat
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is sh ō uch é ngq ì B à I, which means to follow the powerful and despise the demoted. It comes from Lun Heng Zi Ji by Wang Chong of Han Dynasty.
Idiom usage
To refer to a villain
The origin of Idioms
In Wang Chong's Lun Heng Zi Ji of Han Dynasty, it is said that "the vulgarity is greedy to advance and then retreat, and the harvest is abandoned."
Idiom explanation
He who is in favor of the powerful despises the demoted.
Harvest and discard defeat
Hold one's hair and eat one's dinner - wò fā tǔ sūn
be snatched from the jaws of death - jué chù féng shēng
Jade and stone are broken together - yù shí tóng suì