tea money

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bribe, especially for facilitating a business dealing. Myanmar,Thailand,regional,slang,uncountable
    — Low-ranking officers in Thailand’s 200,000-strong police force are poorly paid and are infamous for topping up salaries with "tea money" for everything from minor driving offences to serious crimes.

词源

Calque of Burmese လက်ဖက်ရည်ဖိုး (lakhpak-ranyhpui:, “tea money”) likely.
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