yán
xiāo

common

Meaning of 盐枭

盐枭 means salt smuggler (in imperial China); armed salt trader. Pronounced yán xiāo.

  • salt smuggler (in imperial China); armed salt trader

Definitions & Examples

Qīng
dài
yán
xiāo
héng
xíng
Jiāng
Huái
dài
 

During the Qing dynasty, salt smugglers ran rampant in the Jianghuai region.

yīn
zǒu
shí
yán
ér
bèi
shì
wéi
yán
xiāo
 

He was regarded as a salt smuggler for trafficking salt illegally.

Zhè
zhī
yán
xiāo
zhuāng
guān
duì
kàng
duō
nián
 

This armed band of salt smugglers resisted the authorities for many years.

Yán
xiāo
de
chū
xiàn
yán
tiě
zhuān
mài
zhì
qiè
xiāng
guān
 

The emergence of salt smugglers was closely related to the government monopoly on salt and iron.

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