横征暴敛 — Semantide dictionary

Entry

横héng征zhēng暴bào敛liǎn

to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
trad. 橫征暴斂

Also written 橫征暴斂【héng zhēng bào liǎn】

Characters in this word

4

横

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horizontal, across, crosswise, horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters), to place (sth) flat (on a surface), to cross (a river, etc), in a jumble, chaotic, (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable, violent

Pinyin: héng
Traditional: 橫

Strokes: 15
Frequency: 25254 of 2500

Words starting with 横 Words ending in 横 Anywhere in a word

征

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journey, trip, expedition, to go on long campaign, to attack

Pinyin: zhēng

Strokes: 8

Words starting with 征 Words ending in 征 Anywhere in a word

暴

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surname Bao

Pinyin: Bào

Strokes: 15
Frequency: 29730 of 2500

Words starting with 暴 Words ending in 暴 Anywhere in a word

敛

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(literary) to hold back, (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself), to collect; to gather, Taiwan pr. [lian4]

Pinyin: liǎn
Traditional: 斂

Strokes: 11

Words starting with 敛 Words ending in 敛 Anywhere in a word