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橫征暴斂 (waang4 zing1 bou6 lim5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

橫征暴斂 (waang4 zing1 bou6 lim5, 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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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 橫丫腸 (waang4 aa1 coeng4) — caecum; bad ideas
• 橫亘 (waang4 gang2) — lies across; spans; run through
• 橫切面 (waang4 cit3 min6) — cross-section
• 橫咗 (waang1 zo2) — messed up; to make a mess of something
• 橫𠶧 (waang4 dim6) — (adverb) anyhow; regardless
• 橫巷 (waang4 hong2) — an alleyway

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