敲膏吸髓 — “To exploit someone to the extreme”
敲膏吸髓 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to exploit someone to the extreme”. To cruelly oppress and extract everything from someone; to bleed someone dry. Literally, “To knock out fat and suck marrow”.
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敲膏吸髓 Pronunciation and Pinyin
敲膏吸髓 Character Breakdown
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那些不法商人，通过各种手段敲膏吸髓，让许多家庭陷入困境。
Those unscrupulous merchants, through various means of extreme exploitation, caused many families to fall into dire straits.
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- qiāo敲qiāo敲dǎ打dǎ打to prod or stimulate with words
- qiāo敲zhà榨lè勒suǒ索extort money by threats
- qiāo敲niú牛zǎi宰mǎ马slaughter livestock
- qiāo敲zhú竹gàng杠extort money by taking advantage
- qiāo敲zhī脂xī吸suǐ髓ruthlessly exploit someone to the extreme
- qiāo敲zhà诈lè勒suǒ索extort money by threats
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What does 敲膏吸髓 mean?
敲膏吸髓 (qiāo gāo xī suǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to exploit someone to the extreme”.
How do you pronounce 敲膏吸髓?
敲膏吸髓 is pronounced qiāo gāo xī suǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 敲膏吸髓 literally mean?
Literally, 敲膏吸髓 means “to knock out fat and suck marrow”. It is used to mean “to exploit someone to the extreme”.
What is the Chinese definition of 敲膏吸髓?
犹敲骨吸髓。比喻剥削压榨极其残酷。