黑店
hēi diàn
Pinyin

Definition

黑店
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hēi diàn
  1. lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)
  2. fig. a scam
  3. protection racket
  4. daylight robbery

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

kā fēi diàn
  1. 1 café
  2. 2 coffee shop
yè diàn
  1. 1 nightclub
diàn
  1. 1 inn
  2. 2 shop
  3. 3 store
  4. 4 CL:家[jiā]
jiǔ diàn
  1. 1 wine shop
  2. 2 pub (public house)
  3. 3 hotel
  4. 4 restaurant
  5. 5 (Tw) hostess club
Hēi
  1. 1 abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng]
hēi sè
  1. 1 black
shāng diàn
  1. 1 store
  2. 2 shop
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
tiān hēi
  1. 1 to get dark
  2. 2 dusk
xiǎo diàn
  1. 1 small store
diàn zhǔ
  1. 1 shop owner
diàn yuán
  1. 1 shop assistant
  2. 2 salesclerk
  3. 3 salesperson
diàn jiā
  1. 1 proprietor of a shop or restaurant
  2. 2 landlord
  3. 3 shop
diàn pù
  1. 1 store
  2. 2 shop
diàn zhǎng
  1. 1 store manager
lā hēi
  1. 1 to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc)
  2. 2 abbr. for 拉到黑名單|拉到黑名单
lu:3 diàn
  1. 1 inn
  2. 2 small hotel
qí jiàn diàn
  1. 1 flagship (store)
shū diàn
  1. 1 bookstore
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā]
qī hēi
  1. 1 pitch-black
lǐ fà diàn
  1. 1 barbershop
  2. 2 hairdresser's
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā]

Idioms (14)

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
前不着村,后不着店
qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn
  1. 1 lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
  3. 3 to be in a predicament
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
  1. 1 all crows are black (idiom)
  2. 2 evil people are bad all over the world
数黄道黑
shǔ huáng dào hēi
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论黄
shǔ hēi lùn huáng
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
昏天黑地
hūn tiān hēi dì
  1. 1 lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. pitch dark
  3. 3 to black out
  4. 4 disorderly
  5. 5 troubled times
近朱者赤,近墨者黑
jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi
  1. 1 those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)
  2. 2 you are the product of your environment
过了这个村就没这个店
guò le zhè ge cūn jiù méi zhè ge diàn
  1. 1 past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)
  2. 2 this is your last chance
过了这村没这店
guò le zhè cūn méi zhè diàn
  1. 1 past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)
  2. 2 this is your last chance
颠倒黑白
diān dǎo hēi bái
  1. 1 lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately
  2. 2 to misrepresent the facts
  3. 3 to invert right and wrong
黎明前的黑暗
lí míng qián de hēi àn
  1. 1 darkness comes before dawn
  2. 2 things can only get better (idiom)
黑天半夜
hēi tiān bàn yè
  1. 1 lit. the black sky of midnight
  2. 2 very late at night (idiom)
黑白不分
hēi bái bù fēn
  1. 1 can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right

Sample Sentences

你这人简直莫名其妙,你都可以少算一个人六十块的低消了,差个两块钱倒要打电话问老板?根本黑店,不喝了,我们走,一会儿就上网替你这黑店“宣传宣传,哼!
nǐ zhè rén jiǎnzhí mòmíngqímiào ,nǐ dōu kěyǐ shǎo suàn yí ge rén liùshí kuài de dīxiāo le ,chā gè liǎng kuài qián dào yào dǎ diànhuà wèn lǎobǎn ?gēnběn hēi ,bù hē le ,wǒmen zǒu ,yīhuǐr jiù shàngwǎng tì nǐ zhè hēidiàn “xuānchuánxuānchuán ,hèng !
You're simply too much, you can count two people as one for the minimum order requirement, but you have to call your boss over RMB2? This is daylight robbery, I'm not drinking your coffee, we're going, I'll make sure and get the word out about the scam you have running here online, hmph!
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那倒是。万一进了黑店就惨了。
nà dàoshì 。wànyī jìn le hēidiàn jiù cǎn le 。
That‘s true. The idea of entering a dishonest hotel is tragic.
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黑店
hēidiàn
shady store
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