他既然想除了我这个眼中钉
“He wants to get rid of me as the thorn in his side,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
孔鹏也真的是有手段
“Kong Peng really is quite something.”
他 既然 想 除了我 这个 眼中钉
“He wants to get rid of me as the thorn in his side,”
“yet at the same time, he wants to make Factory No. 3 bigger and stronger”
“He considers me a major threat and is making calculated moves to get me out of his way.”
In state-owned enterprises or traditional Chinese work units, factional competition often leads to seeing rivals as personal threats ('眼中钉').
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a thorn in someone's side / an eyesore
Used metaphorically to describe a rival or obstacle that someone is desperate to remove.
since / seeing that
Used at the start of a clause to establish a premise or conceded reality before drawing a conclusion.