剥削

剝削

bōxuē

verb HSK 7 #13,764

Meanings

1 to exploit
2 exploitation

Characters

to peel; to strip

to scrape; to reduce

Examples

工人不应该被剥削。

Gōngrén bù yīnggāi bèi bōxuē.

Workers should not be exploited.

反对一切形式的剥削。

Fǎnduì yīqiè xíngshì de bōxuē.

Oppose all forms of exploitation.

Tips

history

剥削 is a key term in Marxist discourse, heavily used in Chinese political education. 剥削阶级 (bōxuē jiējí) means 'exploiting class.'

Stroke Order

剥 bāo

削 xiāo