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《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E27 (07:18) HSK 4
tā jì rán xiǎng chú le wǒ zhè ge yǎn zhōng dīng

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,”

《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 07:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kǒng péng yě zhēn de shì yǒu shǒu duàn

孔鹏也真的是有手段

“Kong Peng really is quite something.”

tā jì rán xiǎng chú le wǒ zhè ge yǎn zhōng dīng CURRENT FOCUS

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,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái néng ràng sān fēn chǎng biàn dé yòu féi yòu dà

“yet at the same time, he wants to make Factory No. 3 bigger and stronger”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: ANALYZING MOTIVES
Tone: GRIM
Emotion: RESENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He considers me a major threat and is making calculated moves to get me out of his way.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Workplace Political Rivalry

In state-owned enterprises or traditional Chinese work units, factional competition often leads to seeing rivals as personal threats ('眼中钉').

INTENT TAGS: #rivalry #analysis #scheming #hostility
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
眼中钉 SPOKEN CHUNK

a thorn in someone's side / an eyesore

Used metaphorically to describe a rival or obstacle that someone is desperate to remove.

既然 SPOKEN CHUNK

since / seeing that

Used at the start of a clause to establish a premise or conceded reality before drawing a conclusion.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
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