dāng / dì / bǎi / xìng / cháng / qī / shòu / dào / liè / shēn / de / yā / pò / shēng / huó / shí / fēn / kùn / kǔ

当地百姓长期受到劣绅的压迫，生活十分困苦。

The local people suffered oppression by the wicked landlords for a long time and lived in great hardship.