刻削 kèxuē to exploit Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents kèxuē to exploit · frugal 刻 kè adjective cruel (bound form) mean; stingy; harsh; oppressive削 xuē verb to reduce (bound form) to reduce, remove, or weakenkèxuē harsh 刻 kè adjective cruel (bound form) mean; stingy; harsh; oppressive削 xuē to pare (bound form) used in literary or fixed compounds to mean pare or whittlekèxuē to carve · sharp and vigorous · precipitous 刻 kè verb to carve to carve; to engrave; to cut into a surface削 xuē to pare (bound form) used in literary or fixed compounds to mean pare or whittle