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压榨

yā zhà

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 壓榨

What 压榨 means

1. to press
2. to squeeze
3. to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing

The characters in 压榨

• 压yāto press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 榨zhàto press; to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc

Example sentences

• 资本家倾向于压榨工人。
  The capitalists tend to exploit the working people.