salt smuggler; armed salt trader
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salt smuggler (in imperial China); armed salt trader
archaicRefers to organized, often armed groups who illegally traded salt during imperial times when salt was a strict government monopoly. The term carries historical connotations of rebellion against state control.
Qīng清
dài代
yán盐
xiāo枭
héng横
xíng行
yú于
Jiāng江
Huái淮
yī一
dài带
。
During the Qing dynasty, salt smugglers ran rampant in the Jianghuai region.
Tā他
yīn因
zǒu走
sī私
shí食
yán盐
ér而
bèi被
shì视
wéi为
yán盐
xiāo枭
。
He was regarded as a salt smuggler for trafficking salt illegally.
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Zhè这
zhī支
yán盐
xiāo枭
wǔ武
zhuāng装
yǔ与
guān官
fǔ府
duì对
kàng抗
duō多
nián年
。
This armed band of salt smugglers resisted the authorities for many years.
Yán盐
xiāo枭
de的
chū出
xiàn现
yǔ与
yán盐
tiě铁
zhuān专
mài卖
zhì制
dù度
mì密
qiè切
xiāng相
guān关
。
The emergence of salt smugglers was closely related to the government monopoly on salt and iron.