但他们往往遭农会严厉拒绝,所以他们总是悬心吊胆地过日子
但他們往往遭農會嚴厲拒絕,所以他們總是懸心吊膽地過日子
dàn tā men wǎng wǎng zāo nóng huì yán lì jù jué , suǒ yǐ tā men zǒng shì xuán xīn diào dǎn de guò rì zi
But more often than not they are turned down flat by the peasant associations, and so they are always on tenterhooks
Mandarin
农会权利无上,不许地主说话,把地主的威风扫光。
農會權利無上,不許地主説話,把地主的威風掃光。
nóng huì quán lì wú shàng , bù xǔ dì zhǔ shuō huà , bǎ dì zhǔ de wēi fēng sǎo guāng .
Supreme in authority, the peasant association allows the landlord no say and sweeps away his prestige.
When the peasant association orders the surrender of opium pipes, no one dares to raise the least objection. In Liling County one of the evil gentry who did not surrender his pipes was arrested and paraded through the villages.