又有一些流民失去了踪迹
“have gone missing again recently.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“No wonder the refugees said some of them”
又有一些流民 失去 了踪迹
“have gone missing again recently.”
“Could the Tian family be using the same trick again—”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial China, unregistered displaced people (liumin) often fell outside state protection, making them easy targets for exploitation by corrupt local gentry.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to go missing; to vanish without a trace
A formal and literary expression frequently used in narrative or investigative contexts to describe people or things disappearing.
displaced people; refugees
A historical term referring to destitute people forced to leave their hometowns due to famine or warfare.
