他一定跟这厂共存亡
“he would have definitely stayed with this plant until the end.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果是他活下来 我死了
“he had survived and I had died,”
他 一定 跟这厂 共存亡
“he would have definitely stayed with this plant until the end.”
咱不想那么些了
“Let's not think about that.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese industrial culture, workers often tied their entire identity and livelihood to their work unit (danwei), viewing its survival as equivalent to their own.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to live and die together; to share the same fate
A powerful set idiom used when declaring total commitment to an organization, nation, or cause.