苛kē (苛刻； 烦琐) harsh; severe; exacting: 条件 ～ 细 on exacting terms; 他待人太 ～。 He treats people ungenerously.
◆苛察 [书] harsh and loaded down with trivial details to display one's shrewdness; 苛待 treat harshly; be hard upon; 苛捐杂税 exorbitant tax levies; exorbitant [heavy] taxes and levies; exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous levies; extortionate taxes and harsh levies; miscellaneous levies and exorbitant surtaxes; multifarious taxes; the exaction of exorbitant tributes and the imposition of excises of many varieties; 苛刻 harsh; severe; 苛求 make excessive demands; be overcritical; judge too harshly; 苛性 {化} causticity; acridity; 苛杂 exorbitant taxes and levies; 苛责 criticize severely; excoriate; denounce strongy; castigate; 苛征暴敛 extort heavy taxes and levies; 苛政 harsh government; oppressive government; tyrannical government; tyranny |