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敲榨

qiāo zhà

2-character word

What 敲榨 means

1. to press (fruit)
2. variant of {敲诈|qiāo zhà}

The characters in 敲榨

• 敲qiāoto hit; to strike; to tap
• 榨zhàto press; to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc

Sounds the same

Read qiāo zhà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敲诈to rip off; to extort (money); extortion

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