横征暴敛 (héng zhēng bào liǎn) | Meaning: to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

suck the life-blood · break the bones and suck the marrow - cruel, bloodsucking exploitation敲骨吸髓qiāo gǔ xī suǐ

exorbitant taxation (idiom)苛捐杂税kē juān zá shuì

to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry搜刮sōu guā

secure by force or by trick巧取豪夺qiǎo qǔ háo duó

to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force