"Scam" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 piàn rén to cheat sb / a scam
 piàn jú a swindle / a trap / a racket / a scam / CL:場|场[chang3]
 yòu piàn to entice / to lure / to scam / to hoodwink / to decoy
 shè quān tào to scam / to set a trap / to set up a scheme to defraud people
 huā diǎn zi trickery / scam
 piàn àn scam / fraud
 hēi diàn lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. a scam / protection racket / daylight robbery
 bā tuō scam girl / woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧[jiu3 ba1]
 bā tuō nu:3 scam girl / woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧[jiu3 ba1]
 kāi hēi diàn lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. to carry out a scam / to run a protection racket / daylight robbery
 pèng cí (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car)
 rù jú to enter the game / to get involved / to walk into a scam
 shā zhū pán pig butchering scam (where the scammer builds trust with the victim over time, "fattening them up," before ultimately "slaughtering" them by taking their money) / (esp.) romance scam
 chē shǒu racing driver (in a car race) / rider (in a motorcycle or bicycle race) / (Tw) low-level operative in a scam syndicate
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