【英音】「敲竹杠」英文怎么说？

rip someone ↔ off (phr v.)

Definition: To charge someone too much money for something = overcharge.

敲某人的竹杠

The taxi driver is trying to rip the tourist off. 

那个出租车司机在敲那个游客竹杠。

The large corporations are trying to rip their employees off by making them work overtime and underpay them.

那些大企业都在尝试透过加班、付过低的工资等手段来剥削他们的员工。

rip-off (n.)

Definition: Something that is unreasonably expensive.

索价过高的物品

Whao, whao, whao man, that's a rip-off.

喂，喂，喂！抢劫吗？(意指: 价钱太贵)

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(Listening Comprehension)

Have you ever had a meal which you thought it was so overpriced that it brought the lines: 「打刧」? Everyone on the ground! This is a stick-up! (俚语: 持枪抢劫) How would you say that in English? The answer to any kind of situations where people overcharge you, you use the term "rip off",  "rip off".

For example, when people try to charge you 100 RMB for a cup of coffee, then you say, "Whao, whao, whao man, that’s a rip-off." Or there're some cases when some immoral taxi drivers try to charge tourist $10 USD instead of 10 RMB for a taxi ride, then the taxi driver is trying to rip the tourist off. 

Sometimes, you could also hear it on the news that the large corporations are trying to rip their employees off by making them work overtime and underpay them. So anything to do with unfair treatment with regards to money. You could use the term: "rip off". 

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