还是选择抛荒去当流民
“or abandon your land to become a refugee?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是留在家里交税
“would you stay home and pay taxes,”
还是选 择 抛荒 去当 流民
“or abandon your land to become a refugee?”
如此看来
“It seems”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In historical China, when agrarian taxes became unbearable, peasants often fled their land to become unregistered migrants, destabilizing dynastic rule.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to leave arable land uncultivated; to abandon farmland
A historical and socioeconomic term used when peasants abandon heavy agricultural burdens.
displaced persons; refugees; vagrants
Commonly encountered in historical dramas referring to victims of famine, war, or heavy taxation.