suck the lifeblood of(qiāo gǔ xī suǐ)

suck the lifeblood of

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ā og ǔ x ī Su ǐ, which means breaking bones to suck marrow. It means exploitation and oppression are extremely cruel. From the five Lantern Festival.

The origin of Idioms

The first volume of "five Lantern Festival yuan" by Shi Puji in Song Dynasty: "in the past, people sought Tao, beat bones and suck marrow, and pricked blood to relieve hunger."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attribute and adverbial

Examples

Feng Guifen of Qing Dynasty wrote in his book "please reduce Su Song Taifu's grain shortage": "the officials who have always been overcharged, the so-called" bone beating and marrow sucking "have no bone to knock and marrow sucking."

Chinese PinYin : qiāo gǔ xī suǐ