她为什么要留在平川 你难道不知道吗
“Don't you know why she wants to stay?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你为什么要留在平川呢
“Why do you want to stay in Pingchuan?”
她 为什么要 留在平川 你难道不知道吗
“Don't you know why she wants to stay?”
当初要不是你闹自杀 她能 又说我
“You pulled that suicide stunt. Now... Again?”
“You know full well she stayed because of you, so stop playing dumb.”
Highlighting past sacrifices made by family members is a common strategy in Chinese domestic confrontations to induce remorse and assign blame.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that you don't know / surely you must know
Used in rhetorical questions to emphasize that the fact should be obvious to the listener.
why choose to remain in
Standard pattern for questioning the motivation behind someone's geographical or career choices.
Turns the statement into a sharp rhetorical question that implies an affirmative answer.
