liǎn

technical
formal

Meaning of 聚敛

聚敛 means to extort; to amass wealth through exploitation. Pronounced jù liǎn.

  • to extort; to amass wealth through exploitation

Definitions & Examples

Fēng
jiàn
guān
cháng
cháng
liǎn
mín
cái
 
zhōng
bǎo
náng
 

Feudal officials often extorted the people's wealth to fill their own pockets.

ge
bào
jūn
tōng
guò
juān
shuì
fēng
kuáng
liǎn
cái
 

That tyrant frenziedly amassed wealth through exorbitant taxes and levies.

liǎn
le
liàng
zhī
cái
 
zuì
zhōng
shòu
dào
le
de
zhì
cái
 

He amassed a great deal of ill-gotten wealth and was ultimately punished by law.