买路钱
Traditional form:
買路錢
Pinyin (reading):
mǎilùqián
Definitions:
- money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage; illegal toll
- (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession
Characters:
- 买 - to buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade
- 路 - road, path, street; journey
- 钱 - money, currency, coins
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