剥削 (剝削)
bō xuē
Pinyin

Definition

剥削 (剝削)
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bō xuē
  1. to exploit
  2. exploitation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (12)

削
xiāo
  1. 1 to peel with a knife
  2. 2 to pare
  3. 3 to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
刀削面
dāo xiāo miàn
  1. 1 knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
削弱
xuē ruò
  1. 1 to weaken
  2. 2 to impair
  3. 3 to cripple
削减
xuē jiǎn
  1. 1 to cut down
  2. 2 to reduce
  3. 3 to lower
剥削
bō xuē
  1. 1 to exploit
  2. 2 exploitation

Idioms (2)

削职为民
xuē zhí wéi mín
  1. 1 demotion to commoner (idiom)
削足适履
xuē zú shì lǚ
  1. 1 to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)
  2. 2 impractical or inelegant solution

Sample Sentences

啊哟，瘦死的骆驼比马大。绝大多数国际组织都被发达国家操控，制定一些霸王条款来剥削发展中国家。世贸组织也不例外。
āyō ，shòusǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà 。juédàduōshù guójìzǔzhī dōu bèi fādáguójiā cāokòng ，zhìdìng yīxiē bàwángtiáokuǎn lái bōxuē fāzhǎnzhōngguójiā 。shìmàozǔzhī yě bù lìwài 。
Oh, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse. The majority of international organizations are controlled by developed countries. They come up with some despotic policies to exploit developing countries. The World Trade Organization is no different.
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不公平是事实。但是说它是剥削工具就有点过分了。而且很多发达国家也给了发展中国家很多资助。
bùgōngping shì shìshí 。dànshì shuō tā shì bōxuē gōngjù jiù yǒudiǎn guòfèn le 。érqiě hěn duō fādáguójiā yě gěi le fāzhǎnzhōngguójiā hěn duō zīzhù 。
It's true that it's not fair. But to say that it's a tool of exploitation is a bit over the top. And a lot of developed countries have given developing countries a lot of financial aid.
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还有剥削我们。一个星期不叫我们加班就浑身不舒服。而且连晚饭、交通都不补贴。
háiyǒu bōxuē wǒmen 。yī ge xīngqī bù jiào wǒmen jiābān jiù húnshēn bù shūfu 。érqiě lián wǎnfàn 、jiāotōng dōu bù bǔtiē 。
And he exploits us. If he doesn't make us work overtime in a week he just doesn't feel right. Plus he doesn't even subsidize our transportation and dinner expenses.
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