压指标是阳谋
“and pressuring with targets is an overt one.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
查账是阴谋
“Auditing is a covert scheme”
压指标 是 阳谋
“and pressuring with targets is an overt one.”
你觉得阳谋
“You think an overt scheme is superior to a covert one.”
“They are squeezing us right out in the open, and there is nothing we can do to avoid it.”
In Chinese strategic philosophy, 'Yangmou' (阳谋) refers to high-level tactics executed openly where the counterpart understands what is happening but has no viable defense, unlike underhanded 'Yinmou' (阴谋).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to impose heavy quotas or performance targets
Very common workplace terminology used when upper management forces demanding KPIs down to lower tiers.
an open scheme; a transparent maneuver that cannot be countered
Used in contrast with '阴谋' (covert conspiracy) to denote strategies executed in plain sight.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“the winter of KPIs”
“Because the success rate of overt schemes is much lower than covert ones.”
“why are covert schemes used more than overt ones?”
“Next year's KPIs won't be met.”
“and my reverse indicator.”
“Both metrics are well above the average.”