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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E23 (34:19) HSK 3
xiāo shòu bù yì zhí dōu shì zhè me wán de

销售部一直都是这么玩的

“But the sales department actually has been playing this game for years.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 34:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn qí shí zhè me duō nián lái

但其实这么多年来

“But the sales department actually has been playing this game for years.”

xiāo shòu bù yì zhí dōu shì zhè me wán de CURRENT FOCUS

销售部一直都是 这么玩 的

“But the sales department actually has been playing this game for years.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ér qiě zǒng bù wèi le zhōng guó qū míng nián de xiāo liàng

而且总部为了中国区明年的销量

“Besides, for next year's China sales,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: REVEALING REALITY
Tone: MATTER_OF_FACT
Emotion: CYNICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't be naive; this is just how the game is played here.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Unwritten Corporate Rules (Qian Guize)

In Chinese business culture, informal operational norms often diverge from official corporate policies, requiring insiders to understand how things are 'really played'.

INTENT TAGS: #normalization #insider_knowledge #cynicism #corporate_reality
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
这么玩的 SPOKEN CHUNK

playing it this way / how the game is played

A colloquial business metaphor treating professional strategies or unwritten rules as moves in a game.

一直都是 SPOKEN CHUNK

has always been

Used to emphasize longstanding tradition or normalized precedent.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Confirms certainty and asserts an established fact.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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