picul

基本解释

Last year they bought unhusked rice from the peasants in Wanan and Taiho Counties at fifty cents a picul and sold it in Kanchow for four yuan, making a sevenfold profit.
去年万安、泰和两县的农民五角钱一担谷卖给商人，而商人运到赣州卖四块钱一担，赚去了七倍。
In 1868, the market value of raw silk was 517 tael of silver per picul, by 1875, the price had fallen to 285 tael per picul.
1868年，生丝每担市值白银517两，到1875年，每担价格已下跌至285两。
Last year they bought unhusked rice from the peasants in Wanan and Taiho Counties at fifty cents a picul and sold it in Kanchow for four yuan,making a sevenfold profit.
去年万安、泰和两县的农民五角钱一担谷卖给商人，而商人运到赣州卖四块钱一担，赚去了七倍。
In 1875, the market price of raw silk was just 285 liang silver per picul, which was down from 517 liang in 1868. 8 years later, it even slumped to 200 liang.
1868年，生丝每担市值白银517两，到1875年，每担价格已下跌至285两。
One cartload of the enemy's provisions is equivalent to twenty of one's own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one's own store.
德伐日先生把食品和带来的灯放到鞋匠长凳上（阁楼里除了一张草荐床之外别无他物），他跟罗瑞先生弄醒了囚徒，扶他站起身来。