现在南京去后方的船票 一天一个价
“Now, boat tickets from Nanjing to the rear change prices every day”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
军方和政府的人 也都在往后撤
“that the military and government officials are also retreating.”
现在南京去后方的船票 一天一个价
“Now, boat tickets from Nanjing to the rear change prices every day”
“and are hard to get. If we miss this boat...”
“Stop hesitating and get the tickets right now, or we will be stranded here.”
During the wartime retreat from Nanjing to Chongqing and Wuhan, transport hoarding and price gouging turned tickets into desperately contested commodities.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
prices fluctuate or increase daily
A colloquial four-character construction describing rampant inflation, volatility, or scalping.
heading to the rear / inland safe zone
Historical wartime terminology referring to retreating inland away from front lines.
