敲骨剥髓 — “To exploit and oppress someone to the extreme”
敲骨剥髓 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to exploit and oppress someone to the extreme”. To ruthlessly extract everything from someone, leaving them utterly depleted. Literally, “Knock bones and peel marrow”.
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敲骨剥髓 Pronunciation and Pinyin
敲骨剥髓 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 敲骨剥髓
那些唯利是图的商人，总是想方设法地敲骨剥髓，从普通民众身上获取不义之财。
Those greedy merchants always try every means to exploit people ruthlessly, gaining ill-gotten wealth from ordinary citizens.
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Synonyms of 敲骨剥髓
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- qiāo敲shān山zhèn振hǔ虎warn or intimidate indirectly
- qiāo敲shān山zhèn震hǔ虎warn indirectly to startle someone
- 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gāo膏xī吸suǐ髓exploit someone to the extreme
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Open the tool →Questions about 敲骨剥髓
What does 敲骨剥髓 mean?
敲骨剥髓 (qiāo gǔ bāo suǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to exploit and oppress someone to the extreme”.
How do you pronounce 敲骨剥髓?
敲骨剥髓 is pronounced qiāo gǔ bāo suǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 敲骨剥髓 literally mean?
Literally, 敲骨剥髓 means “Knock bones and peel marrow”. It is used to mean “to exploit and oppress someone to the extreme”.
What is the Chinese definition of 敲骨剥髓?
犹敲骨吸髓。比喻剥削压榨极其残酷。