勒索
lè suǒ
Pinyin
Definition
勒索
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- to blackmail
- to extort
Character Decomposition
Idioms (8)
不假思索
- 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
- 2 to fire from the hip
冥思苦索
- 1 to mull over (idiom)
- 2 to think long and hard
悬崖勒马
- 1 lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)
- 2 fig. to act in the nick of time
按图索骥
- 1 lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
- 2 fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
- 3 to try and find sth with the help of a clue
搜索枯肠
- 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)