qiāo
suǐ

idiom

Meaning of 敲骨吸髓

敲骨吸髓 means to exploit and squeeze mercilessly; to bleed someone dry. Pronounced qiāo gǔ xī suǐ.

  • to exploit and squeeze mercilessly; to bleed someone dry

Definitions & Examples

Zài
fēng
jiàn
shí
dài
 
yǒu
xiē
zhǔ
duì
diàn
nóng
de
xuē
dào
le
qiāo
suǐ
de
chéng
 

In feudal times, some landlords exploited their tenant farmers to the point of bleeding them dry.

Zhè
jiā
gōng
gāo
dài
shì
de
tiáo
kuǎn
 
jiǎn
zhí
shì
zài
duì
xiāo
fèi
zhě
qiāo
suǐ
 

The company's usurious terms are practically squeezing consumers dry.

Zhè
zhǒng
qiāo
suǐ
bān
de
shuì
shōu
zhèng
yǐn
le
mín
zhòng
de
qiáng
liè
mǎn
 

This bone-crushing tax policy has provoked strong public discontent.