敲竹杠 qiāo zhú gàng

extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 49836th word

Definitions

  1. 1. extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness

Characters

Character Meaning
敲 qiāo HSK 4
to knock; to tap; to strike
竹 zhú HSK 5
bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
杠 gàng HSK 6
flagpole; footbridge; variant of 槓gàng