To be forced to sell one's children and wife due to extreme poverty or hardship.
在旧社会，许多贫苦人家走投无路时，常常不得不卖儿贴妇，以求一线生机。
In the old society, many impoverished families, when at their wits' end, often had to sell their children and pawn their wives in a desperate attempt to survive.
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Ancient
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