苛税 meaning in Chinese

exaction
oppressive tax

After he had gone out , mother and me sighed for his conditions : suffering from excessive children , famine and heavy taxes , he looked like a puppet
他出去了；母亲和我却叹息他的景况：多子、饥荒、苛税，都苦得他象一个木偶人了。
Driven to desperation by high taxes and uncertain labor prospects , thousands of silk weavers in the yangzi - delta city of suzhou went on strike in 1601 , burnt down houses , and lynched hated local tyrants
捐苛税杂，民不聊生，前途茫茫，一六一年，苏州的丝织工人群情激愤，火烧民宅，并对素招民怒的苛吏施以私刑。
Values have shrunken to fantastic levels ; taxes have risen , our ability to pay has fallen , government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income , the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade ; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side , farmers find no markets for their produce , and the savings of many years and thousands of families are gone
价值难以想象地贬缩了；苛税增加了；我们的支付能力下降了；各级政府面临着严重的收入短缺；交易手段在贸易过程中遭到了冻结；工业企业枯萎的落叶到处可见；农场主的产品找不到销路；千家万户多年的积蓄付之东流。