揩油 - to take advantage of sb, to freeload - kāi yóu | Definition | ChinesePod.com

揩油

kāi yóu

Pinyin

Definition

揩油

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kāi yóu

to take advantage of sb
to freeload

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiā yóu

1 to add oil
2 to top up with gas
3 to refuel
4 to accelerate
5 to step on the gas
6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
7 to cheer sb on

yóu

1 oil
2 fat
3 grease
4 petroleum
5 to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
6 oily
7 greasy
8 glib
9 cunning

jiā yóu zhàn

1 gas station

yuán yóu

1 crude oil

nǎi yóu

1 cream
2 butter

Idioms (5)

油光可鉴

yóu guāng kě jiàn

1 lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)
2 lustrous

油然而生

yóu rán ér shēng

1 arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
2 to spring up unbidden (of emotion)

滚油煎心

gǔn yóu jiān xīn

1 to suffer mental anguish (idiom)

火上加油

huǒ shàng jiā yóu

1 to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
2 to enrage people and make matters worse

火上浇油

huǒ shàng jiāo yóu

1 to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
2 to enrage people and make matters worse

Sample Sentences

遇到像老Q样擅长刁难揩油的，就不好好给你解释，让你把腿跑细，跑到心灰意冷，要么放弃办理，要么给他送礼；

yùdào xiàng lǎo Q yàng shàncháng diāonàn kāiyóu de ，jiù bù hǎohǎo gěi nǐ jiěshì ，ràng nǐ bǎ tuǐ pǎo xì ，pǎo dào xīnhuīyìlěng ，yàome fàngqì bànlǐ ，yàome gěi tā sònglǐ ；

such as meeting someone like Old Q, who wouldn't take time to explain things to you, who is good at making things difficult in order to take advantage of you. He lets you run your legs off, run until you are disappointed, until you either give up or give gifts to him;