refuse to pay taxes; tax resistance
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
refuse to pay taxes or levies
formalHistorically used for organized resistance against unfair or excessive government taxes. Can describe historical events or figurative modern resistance.
Qīng清
mò末
nóng农
mín民
kàng抗
juān捐
yùn运
dòng动
cǐ此
qǐ起
bǐ彼
fú伏
。
The tax resistance movements of peasants rose and fell during the late Qing dynasty.
Yóu由
yú于
shuì税
lǜ率
tài太
gāo高
，
yī一
xiē些
shāng商
hù户
zhǔn准
bèi备
lián联
hé合
kàng抗
juān捐
。
Due to the excessively high tax rate, some businesses are preparing to jointly refuse to pay.
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Tā他
fā发
biǎo表
wén文
zhāng章
hào号
zhào召
shì市
mín民
kàng抗
juān捐
，
kàng抗
yì议
zhèng政
fǔ府
de的
zhè这
xiàng项
xīn新
guī规
dìng定
。
He published an article calling on citizens to resist paying the levy in protest of the government's new regulation.