No. 5,627 in Chinese
剥
"剥" means "to peel" or "to strip."
In a sentence
他正在剥一个橙子。
He is peeling an orange.
In this sentence, '剥' means to peel, referring to removing the skin of the orange.
我发现有些人喜欢剥掉书皮。
I noticed that some people like to remove book covers.
Here, '剥' is used to signify the action of removing or stripping off the cover of a book.
岁月无情地剥夺了他的青春。
Time mercilessly deprived him of his youth.
In this instance, '剥' is used metaphorically in '剥夺' to mean depriving someone of something, indicating loss or taking away.
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