What Does "赤地千里禾黍不登" (chì dì qiān lǐ hé shǔ bù dēng) Mean?

chì赤dì地qiān千lǐ里 hé禾shǔ黍bù不dēng登

The land is barren, and the crops have failed.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E10

Clip Timestamp

21:03

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	今岁风雨失调	jīn suì fēng yǔ shī tiáo	the weather has been erratic this year.
2▶	赤地千里禾黍不登	chì dì qiān lǐ hé shǔ bù dēng	The land is barren, and the crops have failed.
3	今灾年之际	jīn zāi nián zhī jì	In this year of disaster,

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HSK 7

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收回前线的修整令

shōu huí qián xiàn de xiū zhěng lìngto revoke the restoration order for the front line.

HSK 1

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请陛下圣裁

qǐng bì xià shèng cáiI humbly ask for Your Majesty's judgment.

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这前线战事瞬息万变

zhè qián xiàn zhàn shì shùn xī wàn biànThe situation on the front line changes rapidly.

HSK 7

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连武安侯都已折戟沉沙于战场

lián wǔ ān hóu dōu yǐ zhé jǐ chén shā yú zhàn chǎngEven the Marquis of Wu'an has fallen in battle.

HSK 5

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怎能轻易收回

zěn néng qīng yì shōu huíHow can we easily revoke the order?

HSK 5

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如今战乱多年

rú jīn zhàn luàn duō niánAfter years of war,

HSK 7

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国库早已空虚实难重负

guó kù zǎo yǐ kōng xū shí nán zhòng fùthe treasury is now empty and cannot bear the burden.

HSK 7

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国库空虚就就地征粮

guó kù kōng xū jiù jiù dì zhēng liángIf the treasury is empty, levy grain locally

HSK 6

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以解燃眉之急

yǐ jiě rán méi zhī jíto solve the urgent need.

HSK 4

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等平定崇州之后

děng píng dìng chóng zhōu zhī hòuAfter we pacify Chongzhou,

HSK 7

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再归还于百姓即可

zài guī huán yú bǎi xìng jí kěwe can return it to the people.

HSK 5

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如今正值隆冬年关将至

rú jīn zhèng zhí lóng dōng nián guān jiāng zhìIt is deep winter now, and the end of the year is approaching.

HSK 7

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百姓的余粮尚不能果腹

bǎi xìng de yú liáng shàng bù néng guǒ fùThe people's surplus grain is not enough to fill their own stomachs.

HSK 3

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您就不担心

nín jiù bù dān xīnare you not worried

HSK 7

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会激起民变吗

huì jī qǐ mín biàn mathat it will incite a civil uprising?

HSK 7

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前线烽火连天

qián xiàn fēng huǒ lián tiānThe front line is engulfed in flames of war,

HSK 7

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战士们浴血奋战

zhàn shì men yù xuè fèn zhànand our soldiers are fighting bloody battles.

HSK 3

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粮草乃是军中的命脉

liáng cǎo nǎi shì jūn zhōng de mìng màiProvisions are the lifeline of the army.

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怎能一日无之

zěn néng yī rì wú zhīHow can they go a day without them?

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想必李太傅

xiǎng bì lǐ tài fùSurely, Grand Tutor Li,