横征暴敛 — Chinese idiom
横征暴敛
héng zhēng bào liǎn
Traditional: 橫征暴斂
Meaning
- to tax by force and extort levies ; to screw taxes out of the people by force
Character by character
- 横hénghorizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
- 征zhēngto summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasio
- 暴bàoviolent, brutal, tyrannical
- 敛liǎnto collect, to extort
Idioms sharing a character
- 妙趣横生 miào qù héng shēng
- 尸横遍野 shī héng biàn yě
- 枝节横生 zhī jié héng shēng
- 横七竖八 héng qī shù bā
- 横刀夺爱 héng dāo duó ài
- 横生枝节 héng shēng zhī jié
- 横眉怒目 héng méi nù mù
- 横空出世 héng kōng chū shì
- 横行无忌 héng xíng wú jì
- 横冲直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng
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