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敲诈勒索 (qiāo zhà lè suǒ)
To extort or blackmail someone by threatening or using force.
Literal: knock, extort, extort, demand
The gangster was arrested for trying to extort money from the shop owner.
This idiom is about using threats to get something from someone.
The first character means 'to knock' and relates to the idea of forcing someone.
The idiom 敲诈勒索 (qiāo zhà lè suǒ) is a widely-used Chinese expression meaning To extort or blackmail someone by threatening or using force.. Literally, each character means: knock, extort, extort, demand.
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