民脂民膏

zhà duó mín zhī mín gāo

榨夺民脂民膏

squeeze the people's finances

sōu qǔ mín zhī mín gāo

搜取民脂民膏

amass great wealth by fleecing the people

nà xiē tān guān wū lì yòng mín zhī mín gāo yǎng féi le tā men zì jǐ

那些贪官污吏用民脂民膏养肥了他们自己。

Those corrupt officials fattened themselves by drinking the people's life-blood.

tā yuàn ràng zhàn zhēng jiāng fù shù de zhuāng zhǔ bǎ qiǎng lái de mín zhī mín gāo quán bù dài zǒu

他愿让战争将富庶的庄主把抢来的民脂民膏全部带走。

He was willing to let the war take away all the rich farmers who had taken away the people's fat paste.