to wrongfully withhold part of what is due (to sb); to shortchange; to skim (pay, rations, resources etc)
trad. 剋扣
Also written 剋扣【kè kòu】
Characters in this word
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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia, (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia
- Pinyin
- Kè
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1495 of 2500
扣
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to fasten, to button, button, buckle, knot, to arrest, to confiscate, to deduct (money), discount, to knock, to smash, spike or dunk (a ball), to cover (with a bowl etc), (fig.) to tag a label on sb, (Tw) (loanword) code
- Pinyin
- kòu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6686 of 2500