要交的税额却出奇地高
“the taxes had become outrageously high.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但那一年
“But that year,”
要 交的税额却 出奇地高
“the taxes had become outrageously high.”
我爹说
“My father said”
“The authorities were bleeding us dry that year.”
A recurrent theme in Chinese historical narratives where sudden tax surges signify corrupt governance or precede peasant uprisings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unusually; extraordinarily
A useful adverb placed before adjectives to emphasize that a situation defies ordinary expectations.
the tax amount due
A standard noun phrase referring to compulsory tax dues or quotas.