市面上生漆本来就少之又少
“Raw lacquer on the market was already very scarce,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
前些日子 各家都急于复原漆烟墨
“In the past days, everyone was eager to restore the lacquer-soot ink.”
市面上生漆 本来就少 之又少
“Raw lacquer on the market was already very scarce,”
那田家更是大肆买断 方圆百里所有的现货
“and the Tian family aggressively bought up all the available stock within a hundred miles.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Raw lacquer (生漆) is a crucial ingredient for high-grade traditional Chinese ink, and resource competition among workshops historically defined industry rivalries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
extremely rare; few and far between
A vivid four-character idiom used to emphasize that an item or phenomenon is exceedingly scarce.
already; inherently to begin with
Used to introduce an existing baseline condition that exacerbates the current dilemma.
