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橫征暴斂

简 横征暴敛 · 繁 橫征暴斂
Mandarin · pinyin héng zhēng bào liǎn

Meanings

  1. to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
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橫
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征
zhēng · invade, attack, conquer
暴
bào · violent, brutal, tyrannical
斂
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横
héng · across
敛
liǎn · draw back, fold back; collect
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Entries containing 橫征暴斂 ↗Words written with 橫 ↗Words written with 征 ↗Words written with 暴 ↗Words written with 斂 ↗Words written with 横 ↗Words written with 敛 ↗

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2–1–4–3 · heng2 zheng1 bao4 lian3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

waang4 zing1 bou6 lim5

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橫征暴斂 · heng2 zheng1 bao4 lian3
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 59,645
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Exact source record橫征暴斂 横征暴敛 [heng2 zheng1 bao4 lian3] /to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force/