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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E12 (30:24) HSK 7
zhè shì jì gǔ sī tè zhōng guó qū chéng lì yǐ lái

这是继古斯特中国区成立以来

“This is the first time since GST China was established”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 30:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bǐ dé yā wǒ wǔ wàn xiāng de guān jiàn jì xiào zhǐ biāo

“Peter is pressuring me to meet the KPIs of 50,000 cases.”

zhè shì jì gǔ sī tè zhōng guó qū chéng lì yǐ lái CURRENT FOCUS

这是继 古斯特中国区成立以来

“This is the first time since GST China was established”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dì yī cì cù xiāo bù yào káng yè jì

“the Promotions Department's got to carry sales targets.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EMPHASIZING IMPORTANCE
Tone: SOLEMN
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You need to realize how insane this is—we've literally never been forced to do this in the entire history of our company.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Corporate KPI Burden

In Chinese multinational operations, shifting sales quotas ('扛业绩') to operational or promotional departments signifies extreme top-down corporate pressure and a dramatic disruption of organizational norms.

INTENT TAGS: #contextualizing #emphasizing_severity #complaining #corporate_pressure
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
自...以来 SPOKEN CHUNK

ever since...

A standard construction (here split with '继') used to denote a span of time or state of affairs from an established origin point.

成立以来 SPOKEN CHUNK

ever since the founding / establishment

A common professional collocation used when reflecting on milestones or precedents within an organization.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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