Xīn zhèngfǔ shàngtái hòu, qǔxiāo le yí dà pī kējuān-záshuì, bǎixìng de fùdān qīng le bùshǎo.
When the new government came to power, it abolished a great many oppressive taxes, and the people's burden became much lighter.
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A stock phrase of history textbooks for the taxes that crushed peasants under late-imperial and Republican governments: harsh (苛) levies and miscellaneous (杂) taxes. Today it is used mainly about the past, or as an exaggeration about fees.
