宰 (zǎi) — to slaughter, to butcher (an animal); (colloquial) to rip off, to overcharge (a customer)
Definition
宰 has two unrelated meanings: literally 'to slaughter (an animal)' (more vivid than 屠杀 'massacre'); colloquially 'to rip off' a customer — same spoken sense as 敲, but 敲 more often pairs with 诈 to mean extort.
verb
to slaughterto butcher (an animal)(colloquial) to rip offto overcharge (a customer)
Easily confused
Examples
- 宰。Tā men jiā de xí sú shì měi nián chūn jié qián zǎi yì tóu zhū.Their family tradition is to slaughter a pig before every Spring Festival.
- ，宰。Nà ge sī jī kàn wǒ men shì wài dì rén, xiǎng zǎi wǒ men yì bǐ.That driver, seeing we were from out of town, tried to rip us off.
- 宰。Yóu kè zài zhè tiáo jiē shàng mǎi dōng xī hěn róng yì bèi zǎi.Tourists shopping on this street are easily overcharged.
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