剥 bāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 录 to copy, to record, to write down 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
剥削
bōxuē
to exploit
Characters in this word
削 xiāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 肖 to resemble, to look like 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 有些老板剥削工人，让他们长时间工作却不给加班费。 Yǒuxiē lǎobǎn bōxuē gōngrén, ràng tāmen cháng shíjiān gōngzuò què bù gěi jiābānfèi. Some bosses exploit their workers, making them work long hours without paying overtime.
- 她觉得这份工作在剥削自己，工资太低了。 Tā juéde zhè fèn gōngzuò zài bōxuē zìjǐ, gōngzī tài dī le. She feels this job is exploiting her, because the pay is far too low.
- 老师告诉我们，不能用不公平的合同去剥削别人。 Lǎoshī gàosu wǒmen, bù néng yòng bù gōngpíng de hétong qù bōxuē biérén. The teacher told us that we must not use unfair contracts to exploit others.
Related words
- 剥 bāo to peel; to shell
- 剥夺 bōduó to deprive; to strip away
- 削 xiāo to pare; to whittle; to shave
- 削减 xuējiǎn to cut down; to reduce
- 削弱 xuēruò to weaken
- 讹诈 ézhà to extort; to blackmail
- 霸占 bàzhàn to occupy by force; to seize
- 瓜分 guāfēn to divide up; to carve up
- 导火索 dǎohuǒsuǒ fuse; trigger; immediate cause
- 不容 bùróng not to allow; not to tolerate
- 激化 jīhuà to intensify; to sharpen; to escalate
- 对峙 duìzhì to confront; to be locked in a standoff