赎金 (shú jīn) — ransom money

Definition

Examples

• 坏人要求一百万赎金。
  Huài rén yāo qiú yì bǎi wàn shú jīn.
  The bad guys demand one million as ransom money.
• 家人把赎金交给了警察。
  Jiā rén bǎ shú jīn jiāo gěi le jǐng chá.
  The family handed the ransom money to the police.
• 他们收到赎金后就把人放了。
  Tā men shōu dào shú jīn hòu jiù bǎ rén fàng le.
  After they received the ransom money, they released the person.