Poisonous taxes and levies

Poisonous taxes and levies

Du Fu Sheng Lian, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ú f ù sh è ngli ǎ n, which means extortion. It comes from Song Shaobo's record after hearing and seeing.

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute, it refers to heavy taxes

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: Extortion

The origin of Idioms

Shao Bo of Song Dynasty, Volume 28 of Wen Jian Hou Lu: "on the day when the poisonous taxes were collected and the horses and oxen were whipped, the people of Sichuan could only rely on the day and night when the Kui in the first water channel and the tongs in the second water channel were again built."

Idiom explanation

It refers to overcharging.