你在开玩笑吗
“Are you joking?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你在开玩笑吗
“Are you joking?”
佐佐木
“Sasaki.”
“There is no way you can be serious about this absurd demand.”
Asking someone if they are joking is a standard confrontational device in spoken Chinese to flag an idea as unacceptable or outrageous.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to crack a joke / to kid
Frequently used rhetorically in questions to express skepticism, disbelief, or annoyance at an unreasonable situation.
Transforms the declarative sentence into a rhetorical yes/no question highlighting incredulity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Are you joking with us?”
“Are you kidding me?”
“Are you joking,”
“Are you joking with me?”
“is playing a joke on us?”
“Were you joking, or were you serious?”
“This is no joke.”
“Are you here to laugh at me?”
“You can't be serious.”