索要
suǒ​yào

to ask for

  • created sense approved 索要 · suǒ​yào · to ask for — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    索要

    suǒ​yào

    to ask for

    to ask for, request, or demand something (often with a sense of insistence or compulsion, in contexts like bribes or gifts, coercion)

    索 (literal) → 索 · suǒ · to demand 要 (literal) → 要 · yào · to want

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