那现在你姑姑嫁人了 这肉票和布票
“Now that she's married, she's giving those vouchers to someone else's family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“she brought her meat and textile coupons back home for our family to use.”
那 现在你姑姑嫁人了 这 肉票和布票
“Now that she's married, she's giving those vouchers to someone else's family.”
“she's giving those vouchers to someone else's family. Hush.”
“Since she moved out, we should definitely keep her ration coupons for ourselves.”
During China's planned-economy era, rationing coupons (票证) for staples like cloth and meat were life necessities; a daughter marrying out meant an immediate shift in household resource allocation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
meat coupons and cloth coupons
Essential historical vocabulary referring to planned-economy ration tickets required to buy scarce goods.
to marry (of a woman marrying into another family)
Used specifically for a woman getting married, traditionally implying leaving her natal household.
