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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E18 (18:35) HSK 7
dà jiā bù néng wán quán zhǐ wàng huó dòng gōng sī

大家不能完全指望活动公司

“We can't rely entirely on the event company.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 18:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè ge hái dé shì yī tào zǔ hé quán

“We need a combination of strategies.”

dà jiā bù néng wán quán zhǐ wàng huó dòng gōng sī CURRENT FOCUS

大家 不能 完全 指望 活动公司

“We can't rely entirely on the event company.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā men duì chǎn pǐn duì kè hù de liǎo jiě kěn dìng hái bù rú wǒ men

“Their grasp of the product and customers is surely inferior to ours.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: GIVING INSTRUCTION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We have to do the heavy lifting ourselves because outside agencies don't know our business.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Agency vs In-house Dynamic in Chinese Business

Chinese business teams frequently outsource execution to vendors while maintaining strategic control, recognizing that external vendors rarely understand internal product nuances.

INTENT TAGS: #advising #workplace_caution #accountability #team_guidance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
指望 SPOKEN CHUNK

to count on / to pin one's hopes on

Often used in negative constructions like '不能完全指望' to warn against over-reliance on external parties.

活动公司 SPOKEN CHUNK

event management agency / PR agency

Standard workplace terminology referring to an external agency contracted to plan or execute events.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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