咱们厂办就是她们的娘家人
“The factory office will be their family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
通通地来厂办报告
“report it to the factory office.”
咱们 厂办 就是她 们的 娘家人
“The factory office will be their family.”
一定给她们撑腰
“We will stand up for them.”
“We will stand behind them and protect them just like their own family would.”
In traditional socialist enterprise culture, the work unit ('单位') functioned as an extended kinship system, stepping in like a woman's maternal family to mediate domestic abuse and guarantee social protection.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
factory administrative office
A common historical term in state-owned enterprises referring to the core administrative body managing personnel affairs.
family of a married woman's birth (maternal family)
Metaphorically applied to an organization or mentor that offers unconditional protection and backing against outside harm.