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暴敛
暴斂
bàoliǎn
1. to overtax
2. to extort

Character Breakdown

暴
bào
violent, brutal, tyrannical
HSK 6 15 丶
敛
liǎn
to collect, to extort
11 丶

Compound Words (2)

横征暴敛
héngzhēngbàoliǎn
to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横正暴敛
héngzhèngbàoliǎn
to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)

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