extort excessive taxes and levies(héng fù bào liǎn)

extort excessive taxes and levies

Horizontal, violent: brutal, violent, ferocious; tax, collect: tax, wealth. To impose exorbitant taxes and levies. It describes the crimes of the reactionary ruling class, which are greedy and ferocious and search for the people.

Idiom explanation

Excessive taxes and levies

The definition of "horizontal" and "violent" is cruel, violent and ferocious, while "Fu" and "Li" are taxation and wealth accumulation. To impose exorbitant taxes and levies.

Idioms and allusions

According to Zhu Xi of Song Dynasty, "the state's wealth is used by the people. If there is a lack of money, the excessive taxes and levies will reach the people

On the contrary, he took rice and millet for him, twice as much as in the past. Notes on Mencius by Li Dongyang in Ming Dynasty

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as predicate and object; refers to cruel exploitation

Chinese PinYin : héng fù bào liǎn