自己还在厂子里上班那会儿
“he's still working at the plant and that his colleagues”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他就总觉得
“He just keeps thinking”
自己 还在 厂子里 上 班 那会儿
“he's still working at the plant and that his colleagues”
都还觉得那些老同事还活着
“who passed away long ago are still alive.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
For older generations in China, the socialist factory ('the plant') was an all-encompassing community providing lifetime housing, healthcare, and social identity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
back then; at that time
A very common northern Mandarin colloquial time expression referring to a specific period or moment in the past.
working in the factory
A colloquial phrasing typical of state-owned enterprise (Danwei) culture referring to factory employment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“After the factory closes, come to my house”
“we should visit the factory before the New Year.”
“Since I got fired from the factory earlier,”