shake the pagoda tree

Meanings:

• 1.

  generalSouth AsiaSoutheast Asiainformalcolloquialidiomatic
  • To attempt to obtain money, financial support, or gifts, often by soliciting or seeking funds as if shaking a tree that yields money.

• 2.

  generalSouth AsiaSoutheast Asianeutralliteral
  • To shake a pagoda tree (or any tree) physically, causing its leaves, flowers, or fruit to fall.