搜刮
sōu guā
Pinyin

Definition

搜刮
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sōu guā
  1. to rake in (money)
  2. to plunder
  3. to milk people dry

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刮
guā
  1. 1 to scrape
  2. 2 to blow
  3. 3 to shave
  4. 4 to plunder
  5. 5 to extort
搜索
sōu suǒ
  1. 1 to search (a place)
  2. 2 to search (a database etc)
刮痧
guā shā
  1. 1 gua sha (technique in TCM)
刮目相看
guā mù xiāng kàn
  1. 1 to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
  2. 2 to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
搜
sōu
  1. 1 to search

Idioms (2)

搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
搜肠刮肚
sōu cháng guā dù
  1. 1 to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution