那是多少人挤破了头 都进不去的地儿
“Do you know how many people can't even get in there?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但好歹在供销社工作啊 供销社
“but she works at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. The Cooperative!”
那是 多少人 挤破了头 都 进不去 的地儿
“Do you know how many people can't even get in there?”
就说你们买的啊 这堆 这堆东西
“Look at all the things you bought. This pile of stuff”
“You shouldn't look down on it; everyone would kill for that job.”
In China's planned economy era, the Gongxiaoshe controlled the distribution of scarce consumer goods, making employment there immensely coveted.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to scramble fiercely; fight tooth and nail
A vivid colloquial idiom describing intense competition among many applicants or seekers.
place; spot
Northern colloquial rhoticized version of 地方 (dìfang).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“over 400 residents of Yuehai gathered. It was packed.”
“Everyone, don't push. Line up, please.”
“I didn't even manage to squeeze in.”
“There were too many people, so I lost him.”
“Too many people without tickets, clamoring to push their way in.”
“There's no room for me at all.”