敲诈勒索 — Chinese idiom
敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
Traditional: 敲詐勒索
Meaning
- extortion and blackmail
Character by character
- 敲qiāoto hammer, to pound, to strike
- 诈zhàto cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous
- 勒lèto strangle; to tighten
- 索suǒcable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to
Idioms sharing a character
- 敲钉钻脚 qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
- 旁敲侧击 páng qiāo cè jī
- 盎盂相敲 àng yú xiāng qiāo
- 零打碎敲 líng dǎ suì qiāo
- 零敲碎打 líng qiāo suì dǎ
- 兵不厌诈 bīng bù yàn zhà
- 桀贪骜诈 jié tān ào zhà
- 尔虞我诈 ěr yú wǒ zhà
- 狂三诈四 kuáng sān zhà sì
- 悬崖勒马 xuán yá lè mǎ
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