光粮商转手就不下一百家
“with over 100 grain merchants involved.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我等是多方征买
“We bought from many sources,”
光粮商转手就不下一百家
“with over 100 grain merchants involved.”
“How did he know so accurately?”
“We covered our tracks meticulously across a hundred dealers, so how on earth did he trace it?”
In historical Chinese statecraft and warfare, military grain procurement was heavily guarded and routed through multiple civilian merchants to prevent espionage and market panics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no less than; at least
Use before a high number to emphasize an impressively large quantity or extent.
to change hands; to pass through intermediaries
Commonly used in commerce or trade to describe goods or property changing owners repeatedly.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But if things go on, you'll be found out long before then.”
“What if the authorities refuse to release the grain?”
“we all survived on smaller rations”
“that merchants be forbidden from inflating grain prices.”
“I wonder if the water transport is open yet.”
“to forbid grain merchants from raising prices”