敲竹槓
simp敲竹杠also written敲竹杠haau1 zuk1 gong1haau1 zuk1 gong3qiāo zhú gàng
English
- extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness
- to cheat sb for money; to obtain money by deception; to blackmail; to extort; literally: to strike bamboo instrument
- to set the price of something excessively high; the act of daylight robbery
粵語 — Cantonese
- 利用人嘅弱點去呃人錢
- 將貨物嘅價錢標到好高，不合常理
Examples
汤姆被敲竹杠了。
Tom got ripped off.
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你唔會對住你啲兄弟敲竹槓啩？
You won't cheat your brothers for money, right? ----
呢個袋要3000蚊簡直係敲竹槓。
Paying $3000 for this bag is just a daylight robbery.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk