咱们厂一年到头也分不了两张
“our factory barely hands out two a year.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
电视机票他说了可不算 你就别说他了
“He doesn't get the final say on TV coupons. Not to mention him,”
咱们厂 一年到头 也分 不了 两张
“our factory barely hands out two a year.”
就咱厂那几个科长
“Even the section chiefs”
“Don't blame him; hardly anyone can get those tickets anyway.”
During China's planned economy era, buying durable goods like televisions required special government-allocated quota coupons (piaozheng) that were extremely scarce and hierarchically distributed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
throughout the entire year; all year round
Use this spoken phrase to emphasize continuous state or cumulative scarcity over an entire year.
cannot allocate or receive enough of
A potential complement expressing inability to distribute a specific amount due to external limitations.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I only go home once a year.”
“We didn't upload much. Only, like, once a month.”
“He only comes to restock once a year.”
“There must be something wrong with that factory.”
“there must be something wrong with that factory.”
“These export orders are not that simple.”