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横征暴敛
héng zhēng bào liǎn
What 横征暴敛 means
- to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
The characters in 横征暴敛
- 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise
- 征zhēngjourney; trip; expedition
- 暴bàosudden; violent; cruel
- 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
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