敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
Pinyin

Definition

敲诈勒索
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qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. extortion and blackmail (idiom)

Related Words (20)

思索
sī suǒ
  1. 1 to think deeply
  2. 2 to ponder
探索
tàn suǒ
  1. 1 to explore
  2. 2 to probe
搜索
sōu suǒ
  1. 1 to search (a place)
  2. 2 to search (a database etc)
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
检索
jiǎn suǒ
  1. 1 to retrieve (data)
  2. 2 to look up
  3. 3 retrieval
  4. 4 search
索尼
Suǒ ní
  1. 1 Sony
索性
suǒ xìng
  1. 1 you might as well (do it)
  2. 2 simply
  3. 3 just
费德勒
Fèi dé lè
  1. 1 Roger Federer (1981-), Swiss tennis star
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
利索
lì suo
  1. 1 nimble
加勒比
Jiā lè bǐ
  1. 1 Caribbean
加勒比海
Jiā lè bǐ Hǎi
  1. 1 Caribbean Sea
勒
lè
  1. 1 to rein in
  2. 2 to compel
  3. 3 to force
  4. 4 to carve
  5. 5 to engrave
  6. 6 (literary) to command
  7. 7 to lead
  8. 8 bridle
  9. 9 (physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[lè kè sī], lux
勒令
lè lìng
  1. 1 to order
  2. 2 to force
勒死
lēi sǐ
  1. 1 to strangle
勒索
lè suǒ
  1. 1 to blackmail
  2. 2 to extort
勒紧
lēi jǐn
  1. 1 to tighten
勾勒
gōu lè
  1. 1 to draw the outline of
  2. 2 to outline
  3. 3 to sketch
  4. 4 to delineate contours of
  5. 5 to give a brief account of
导火索
dǎo huǒ suǒ
  1. 1 fuse (for explosive)

Idioms (13)

不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
悬崖勒马
xuán yá lè mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act in the nick of time
按图索骥
àn tú suǒ jì
  1. 1 lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
  3. 3 to try and find sth with the help of a clue
搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
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)
澡垢索疵
zǎo gòu suǒ cī
  1. 1 to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault
  2. 2 to nitpick
费人思索
fèi rén sī suǒ
  1. 1 to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)
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

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