敲诈勒索
Traditional form:
敲詐勒索
Pinyin (reading):
qiāozhàlèsuǒ
Definitions:
- extortion and blackmail (idiom)
Characters:
- 敲 - to hammer, to pound, to strike
- 诈 - to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous
- 勒 - to strangle; to tighten
- 索 - cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire
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