随手发配到了不毛之地
“and casually banished him to a barren land.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“yet you trusted slander, pinned a false charge on him,”
随手 发配 到了 不毛之地
“and casually banished him to a barren land.”
本来胥尧也得一起去
“Xu Yao was supposed to go with him,”
“You treated someone's life like trash and exiled them without a second thought.”
Exile to remote frontiers (Fa-pei) was one of the five traditional major punishments, regarded as psychologically and physically devastating for literati and court officials.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
barren land or desolate wasteland
An idiom (chengyu) denoting a place where nothing grows, often used historically to describe grim penal colonies or exile destinations.
to banish or exile
A historical term referring to official punishment by exile to remote border regions.
casually or offhandedly
Used here figuratively to highlight callous disregard and thoughtlessness in making a severe decision.
Marks the completion of the punitive action of banishment.
