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Chinese
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about 1; 6 acre (M)
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to contribute; to donate; tax to contribute; to donate; tax; to abandon |
| trad. (畝捐)
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畝
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捐
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| simp. (亩捐)
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亩
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捐
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Pronunciation
Noun
畝捐
- (historical) surcharge on each mu of land (a kind of surtax in the late Qing dynasty)
但是土豪劣紳把持鄉政時加於農民的苛捐如畝捐等，卻因農民運動的興起、土豪劣紳的倒塌而取消，至少也減輕了。
但是土豪劣绅把持乡政时加于农民的苛捐如亩捐等，却因农民运动的兴起、土豪劣绅的倒塌而取消，至少也减轻了。 - From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Dànshì tǔháolièshēn bǎchí xiāngzhèng shí jiā yú nóngmín de kējuān rú mǔjuān děng, què yīn nóngmín yùndòng de xīngqǐ, tǔháolièshēn de dǎotā ér qǔxiāo, zhìshǎo yě jiǎnqīng le.
- However, the exorbitant levies imposed on the peasants when the local tyrants and evil gentry dominated rural administration, e.g., the surcharge on each mu of land, have been abolished or at least reduced with the rise of the peasant movement and the downfall of the local tyrants and evil gentry.