这就是...的故事
The narrative closer: reach for this when you've just told someone about an event, a company, a person, or a market move and you want to wrap it up. 这就是 ('this is exactly') plus ...的故事 ('the story of...') tags the whole preceding stretch as one named story. It's the verbal equivalent of a journalist saying 'And that's the story of how X happened.' Common in podcasts, explainer videos, and any monologue that walks through events and lands on a punctuating final line.
Structure
这就是 [SUBJECT] 的故事。
zhè jiùshì... de gùshi.
How to Think About It
就是 here is 'is precisely' — it draws a box around everything you just said and labels it. The 这 ('this') points backward at the story you just told; the 的故事 ('the story of') frames it as a named, finished thing. Drop 就 and you get 这是...的故事 ('this is a story of...') which is flatter and less conclusive — 就 is what makes it land like a closer.
Examples
这就是韩国股市的故事。
Zhè jiùshì Hánguó gǔshì de gùshi.
And that's the story of the Korean stock market.
这就是这家公司从零到一百亿的故事。
Zhè jiùshì zhè jiā gōngsī cóng líng dào yī bǎi yì de gùshi.
And that's the story of how this company went from zero to ten billion.
这就是他为什么离开北京的故事。
Zhè jiùshì tā wèishénme líkāi Běijīng de gùshi.
And that's the story of why he left Beijing.
Common Mistake
Learners write 这是...故事 because 就 feels like extra weight and they skip the 的. Without 就 the sentence loses its 'and that's that' force, and without 的 it sounds ungrammatical — 故事 needs a possessive linker to attach to the subject.
这是韩国股市故事。
这就是韩国股市的故事。
Don't Confuse With
这就是...
Without 的故事 — 'this is precisely X.' Use when you're labeling a thing or person ('这就是答案' = 'This is exactly the answer'); use the full pattern when wrapping a narrative.
故事到这里就结束了
Explicit 'and the story ends here' — more theatrical, common in oral storytelling and children's tales. Use 这就是...的故事 in journalism and analysis; use 到这里就结束了 in literal storytelling.
总之，...
'In short, ...' — a summary lead-in, not a story closer. Use 总之 before delivering a takeaway; use 这就是...的故事 to label the whole preceding narrative as complete.
Practice
Fill in: 这___是韩国股市的故事。
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就
Fill in: 这就是这家公司___故事。
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的
Arrange: 的 / 这 / 故事 / 公司 / 就是 / 这家
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这就是这家公司的故事。
Translate: And that's the story of this city.
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这就是这座城市的故事。
Write a closing line using 这就是...的故事 to wrap up a story about a person or place.
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这就是我爷爷年轻时候的故事。
Hear It in Real Episodes
This pattern appears in 1 Fluentide episode: