敲竹杠
qiāo zhú gàng
Pinyin

Definition

敲竹杠
 - 
qiāo zhú gàng
  1. extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

敲
qiāo
  1. 1 to hit
  2. 2 to strike
  3. 3 to tap
  4. 4 to rap
  5. 5 to knock
  6. 6 to rip sb off
  7. 7 to overcharge
敲门
qiāo mén
  1. 1 to knock on a door
炮竹
pào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
爆竹
bào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
富贵竹
fù guì zhú
  1. 1 lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
山竹
shān zhú
  1. 1 mangosteen
推敲
tuī qiāo
  1. 1 to think over
放爆竹
fàng bào zhú
  1. 1 to set off firecrackers
敲定
qiāo dìng
  1. 1 to come to a decision
  2. 2 to fix on (a date etc)
  3. 3 to determine
  4. 4 to finalize
  5. 5 to nail down (a deal etc)
敲打
qiāo dǎ
  1. 1 to beat sb
  2. 2 to beat (a drum)
敲击
qiāo jī
  1. 1 to pound
  2. 2 to rap
敲诈
qiāo zhà
  1. 1 to rip off
  2. 2 to extort (money)
  3. 3 extortion
  4. 4 blackmail
敲钟
qiāo zhōng
  1. 1 to sound a bell
  2. 2 (of a clock) to chime
敲锣
qiāo luó
  1. 1 to beat a gong
敲开
qiāo kāi
  1. 1 to get sth open by tapping or striking it
  2. 2 (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门) to open the door to ~
  3. 3 to gain access to ~
敲响
qiāo xiǎng
  1. 1 to sound a bell
  2. 2 to raise the alarm
竹
zhú
  1. 1 bamboo
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
  3. 3 Kangxi radical 118
竹子
zhú zi
  1. 1 bamboo
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
竹林
zhú lín
  1. 1 bamboo forest
竹笋
zhú sǔn
  1. 1 bamboo shoot

Idioms (15)

势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
敲钉钻脚
qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
  1. 1 to make doubly sure (idiom)
敲门砖
qiāo mén zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
  2. 2 to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
旁敲侧击
páng qiāo cè jī
  1. 1 to make insinuations
  2. 2 to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
竹篮打水
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹篮打水，一场空
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹马之交
zhú mǎ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 childhood friend (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
  1. 1 to plan in advance (idiom)
  2. 2 a card up one's sleeve
  3. 3 forewarned is forearmed
零打碎敲
líng dǎ suì qiāo
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
零敲碎打
líng qiāo suì dǎ
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
青梅竹马
qīng méi zhú mǎ
  1. 1 lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. innocent children's games
  3. 3 childhood sweethearts
  4. 4 a couple who grew up as childhood friends

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