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橫征暴斂

简横征暴敛 · 繁橫征暴斂

Mandarin · pinyin héng zhēng bào liǎn

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

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橫: Look up this written character
征: zhēng · invade, attack, conquer
暴: bào · violent, brutal, tyrannical
斂: Look up this written character
横: héng · across
敛: liǎn · draw back, fold back; collect

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2–1–4–3 · heng2 zheng1 bao4 lian3

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waang4 zing1 bou6 lim5

Cantonese word readings for 橫征暴斂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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