extort and levy illegal taxes

extort and levy illegal taxes

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B à Oli à NH é ngzhang à ng, which means to impose taxes and collect people's wealth. It comes from the book "to set up consuls to protect Chinese people in Nanyang islands".

The origin of Idioms

Xue Fucheng of the Qing Dynasty wrote in his book "to set up consuls to protect the Chinese people in Nanyang islands": "once I set up consuls, I could not help thinking that they would win over the host, so as to hinder their actions of excessive collection and levies. Therefore, we must first refuse them and then delay them."

Idiom usage

It refers to cruel exploitation. Examples and even two departments in one place, in order to heavily tax the sick people. It can be proved by this. Zhu Xiaozhang's Anhui war on Manchuria. "The story of Shanghai small knife club" says: "all the wild people are officials who are greedy and reckless. They sell officials and nobility. They are the people who try their best to win the war."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: extortion; antonym: petty taxes