刮地皮

guādìpí
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to scrape the earth's skin
  2. 2 to fleece the people (of corrupt officials)
  3. 3 to extort every last penny

Examples

Nàge tānguān zài rènqī jiān, guādìpí guā de lìhài.
While in office, that corrupt official fleeced the people mercilessly.
Lǎobǎixìng zuì hèn de jiùshì guādìpí de guān.
What the common people hate most are the officials who scrape them clean.
Shuì tài zhòng, jiǎnzhí shì zài guādìpí.
Taxes are so heavy it's outright skinning people alive.

Tips

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Vivid and scathing. Reserved for corrupt officials and rapacious authorities — the image is of them peeling the ground itself to squeeze money out.

Stroke Order

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