to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck

to grab money; to exploit

mottled and peeling off in places

(of fruit, prawns etc) peeled on the spot; Taiwan pr. [xian4bo1]

to exploit; to practice usury

(of fruit, prawns etc) freshly peeled; Taiwan pr. [xian1bo1]

(onom.) sound of knocking or bursting

to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically