Pinyin: qiāo zhú gàng
Meaning:rip-off
Sentence: Tourists are worried they'll get ripped off.游客们担心被敲竹杠。
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敲:
Pinyin: qiāo
Meaning: beat
Radical: 攴
Stokes: 14
Traditional: 敲
Common words/Phrase:
敲打 [qiāo dǎ] 【beat;rap;tap】
敲定 [qiāo dìng] 【determine】
敲击 [qiāo jī] 【beat;strike】
敲诈 [qiāo zhà] 【blackmail;extort】
敲竹杠 [qiāo zhú gàng] 【rip-off】
竹:
Pinyin: zhú
Meaning: bamboo
Radical: 竹
Stokes: 6
Traditional: 竹
Common words/Phrase:
竹编 [zhú biān] 【articles made of bamboo】
竹鞭 [zhú biān] 【bamboo root】
竹笛 [zhú dí] 【bamboo pipe】
竹筏 [zhú fá] 【zhú fá】
竹简 [zhú jiǎn] 【bamboo slip used for writting on】
杠:
Pinyin: gàng
Meaning: bar
Radical: 木
Stokes: 7
Traditional: 杠
Common words/Phrase:
杠刀 [gàng dāo] 【sharpen a knife;sharpen a razor】
杠杆 [gàng gǎn] 【lever arm】
杠铃 [gàng líng] 【barbell】
杠头 [gàng tóu] 【devil's adocate】
杠子 [gàng zi] 【thick stick;stout carring pole】