(zǎi) — to slaughter, to butcher (an animal); (colloquial) to rip off, to overcharge (a customer)

Définition

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)

Exemples

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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