买路钱

買路錢
mǎilùqián
  1. money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage; illegal toll
  2. (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession

CEDICT

old

Entry Composition

1 买 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
2 路 lù
  1. journey
  2. route
  3. line (bus etc)
  4. sort; kind

classifier: 條
3 钱 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 liǎng

classifier: 筆