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勒索 (lè suǒ): Extortion (verb/noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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勒索 consists of 2 characters.

to rein in, to tighten, to force

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

large rope; to search, to demand

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Pinyinlè suǒ

Meaningextortion; blackmail

Characters2

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Syntaxverb/noun

Word勒索

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 勒索.

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俄勒冈É lè gāng
加勒比Jiā lè bǐ
俄勒冈州É Lè Gāng Zhōu
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Words with 索

搜索sōu suǒHSK 5
思索sī suǒHSK 6
探索tàn suǒHSK 6
摸索mō suoHSK 6
索取suǒ qǔHSK 6
索性suǒ xìngHSK 6
线索xiàn suǒHSK 6
利索lì suoHSK 7-9

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Example Sentences with 勒索

Tā他

yīn因

wèi为

lè勒

suǒ索

tā他

rén人

ér而

bèi被

bǔ捕

le了

。

He was arrested for extorting others.

Zhè这

qǐ起

lè勒

suǒ索

àn案

yǐn引

qǐ起

le了

jǐng警

fāng

方

de的

zhù注

yì意

。

This extortion case drew the attention of the police.