她有好几个姐妹 还没回来 怕我占了她们位置
“A few of her friends haven't come back yet. She's afraid I'll take their place,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们是一条拉上的
“We're on the same line.”
她有好几个姐妹 还没回来 怕我占了她们位置
“A few of her friends haven't come back yet. She's afraid I'll take their place,”
所以一直排斥我
“so she's been ostracizing me.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Migrant factory workers often rely on close hometown or personal networks ('sisters') to protect job openings, creating hostility toward outsiders who take those spots.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
quite a few / several
A colloquial way to denote a moderately large number of people or things.
to take someone's spot / occupy a post
Commonly used both literally (holding a physical seat) and figuratively (taking a job or workstation).
