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暴敛
bào​liǎn

to overtax

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 横征暴敛 héng​zhēng​bào​liǎn to levy exorbitant taxes
    to extort taxes by force or through inventing unfair new excuses; to plunder the people's wealth through heavy taxation
  • 暴敛横征 bào​liǎn​héng​zhēng to extort taxes
    to levy excessive or illegal taxes; to extort wealth from the people through force