要挟

要挾

yāoxié

verb #12,997

Meanings

他用秘密要挟老板给他加薪。

Tā yòng mìmì yāoxié lǎobǎn gěi tā jiāxīn.

He blackmailed his boss into giving him a raise using secrets.

mistakes

The 要 here is read yāo (first tone), not yào. This is the older reading meaning 'to demand; to coerce'.

要 yào

挟 xié