横征暴敛

héng zhēng bào liǎn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force

Child Words of 横征暴敛

征
zhēng

journey

横
héng

horizontal

横
hèng

harsh and unreasonable

敛
liǎn

to restrain

暴
bào

sudden

暴敛
bào liǎn

to overtax