普通百姓更是没有活路
“common folk would stand no chance at all.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果我们都这么难进来
“If even we find it hard to get in,”
普通 百姓 更 是 没有活路
“common folk would stand no chance at all.”
不过现在看来
“But judging by what we see now,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese narrative and statecraft, noble characters often gauge the severity of corruption or tyranny by how severely commoners (百姓) suffer.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
commoners; ordinary citizens
Use when distinguishing everyday civilians from officials, royalty, or elites.
to have no way out; to have no means of survival
A strong, dramatic expression used to describe dire, life-threatening economic or social oppression.
