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横征暴敛
héng​zhēng​bào​liǎn

to levy exorbitant taxes

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
横征暴敛 橫徵暴斂 héng​zhēng​bào​liǎn
variant 橫征暴斂
to levy exorbitant taxes
to extort taxes by force or through inventing unfair new excuses; to plunder the people's wealth through heavy taxation

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