开黑店 in English kai1 hei1 dian4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to open an inn that kills and robs guests (particularly in traditional fiction)
  • metaphorically to carry out a scam
  • to run a protection racket
  • daylight robbery

Simplified Characters

开 黑 店

Traditional Characters

開 黑 店

Pinyin

kai1 hei1 dian4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

开kai1to open 黑hei1abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] 店dian4inn