# 剥削 (bōxuē)

In Mandarin Chinese, 剥削 (bōxuē) means “to exploit (people)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to exploit (people)
- Pinyin: bōxuē (bo1 xue1)
- Traditional: 剝削
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 那个工厂老板经常剥削工人。
  Nàgè gōngchǎng lǎobǎn jīngcháng bōxuē gōngrén.
  That factory boss often exploited the workers.

## Characters

- [剥](https://hanziro.com/word/bao-peel/) (bāo): to peel; to shell
- [削](https://hanziro.com/word/xue-pare/) (xuē): to pare; to cut down

https://hanziro.com/word/bo-xue-exploit/

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