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横征暴敛
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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横
horizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
radical 木components ⿰木黄
征
to summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasion
radical 彳components ⿰彳正
暴
violent, brutal, tyrannical
radical 日components ⿱日⿱共水
敛
to collect, to extort
radical 攵components ⿰佥攵