jiù / shè / huì / de / tān / guān / kào / sōu / guā / mín / zhī / mín / gāo / guò / shē / chǐ / shēng / huó旧社会的贪官靠搜刮民脂民膏过奢侈生活。In old society, corrupt officials lived extravagantly by plundering the people's hard-earned wealth.