横征暴敛(héng zhēng bào liǎn): to tax by force and extort levies (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 橫徵暴斂
to tax by force and extort levies (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- héng zhēng bào liǎn
- Meaning
- to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 橫徵暴斂
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