To extort under false pretenses in Chinese: 讹诈 (é zhà)

é zhà

to extort under false pretenses

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 訛詐1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to extort under false pretenses
  2. 2to blackmail
  3. 3to bluff
  4. 4to defraud

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ㄜˊ

é

/ eˊ/ second tone

ㄓㄚˋ

zhà

/ zh/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

讹诈

Simplified

訛詐

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 那伙人用假消息讹诈老人的钱。

    nà huǒ rén yòng jiǎ xiāo xī é zhà lǎo rén de qián。

    That gang used false information to extort money from the elderly.

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