extort excessive taxes and levies

extort excessive taxes and levies

Extortion, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h é ngzh ē NGB à Oli ǎ n, which means to levy taxes and collect people's wealth. It comes from Zhu Xi of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty wrote that "all the state's wealth is used by the people. If there is a lack of money, then the excessive taxes and levies will reach the people. Although there is a love heart, the people will not be affected by it."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning.

Examples

Li Dongyang of the Ming Dynasty wrote in miscellany: Mencius' direct explanation: "the excessive collection of taxes and levies, day by day, makes the small people more and more miserable and unable to live in peace."

In the history of pain written by Wu Jianren in the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "the name is to plan money and grain, and to deal with wealth and taxes. In fact, it is to collect excessive taxes and exploit the cream."

Mao Zedong's "Declaration of the Chinese people's Liberation Army" said: "all these wealth came from Chiang Kai Shek and others who used their autocratic power to benefit their own interests."

Analysis of Idioms

Beating the bone and sucking the marrow, exorbitant taxes and levies

[antonym] light corvee and thin Fu