百姓们食不果腹 流离失所
“The people were starving and displaced.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
强行征粮
“forcibly requisitioning grain.”
百姓们食不果腹 流离失所
“The people were starving and displaced.”
“The tragic scene of starved corpses littering the fields”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese political philosophy, the physical welfare of commoners is the ultimate test of righteous governance and the Mandate of Heaven.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not having enough food to fill one's belly; starving
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) commonly used to describe extreme poverty or famine.
destitute and homeless; displaced
A high-register chengyu typically used to describe refugees or populations displaced by war and disaster.
