lì​yòng HSK3

to exploit

利用 lì​yòng
to exploit verb
to take advantage of; to use a person or situation for one's own benefit, often in a negative or selfish way

He used me to get to you.

I hate when people take advantage of other people.

to use verb
to use; to utilize; to make use of something or someone so that they are effective
to benefit the people
(of a ruler's policy) to be beneficial to the people's livelihood, as seen in classical texts
utilization
the action or state of making use of something; utility

Frequency

Movie subtitles
91.8 per million appears in 31% of films
Written text
223.4 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Sources