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《Road to Success》 S1·E5 (35:30) HSK 2
zhè rén zěn me zhè yàng a

这人怎么这样啊

“Seriously? What's wrong with this guy?”

《Road to Success》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 35:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ shǔ shù

我数数

“I'll count.”

zhè rén zěn me zhè yàng a CURRENT FOCUS

这人怎么这样啊

“Seriously? What's wrong with this guy?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dào

倒

“I poured...”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: EXPRESSING ANNOYANCE
Tone: EXASPERATED
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“What is wrong with them? That's completely uncalled for.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Moral Evaluation

Saying 'how can someone be like this' is a standard indirect complaint in Chinese culture, appealing to shared social norms without necessarily initiating a direct confrontation.

INTENT TAGS: #complaining #venting #disapproval #exasperation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
这人怎么这样 SPOKEN CHUNK

Why is this person like this?

A highly frequent colloquial rhetorical question used to express exasperation at someone's bad manners or absurd actions.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Intensifies the feeling of annoyance, bewilderment, or exasperation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
你这个人怎么这样
《八千里路云和月》
95% Match
你这个人怎么这样
nǐ zhè ge rén zěn me zhè yàng

“What's wrong with you?”

怎么生这么大气啊
《莫离》
88% Match
怎么生这么大气啊
zěn me shēng zhè me dà qì a

“Why are you so angry?”

你怎么能这么糊涂?
《唐宫奇案之青雾风鸣》
88% Match
你怎么能这么糊涂?
nǐ zěn me néng zhè me hú tú ?

“How can you be so foolish?”

这个人怎么看上去 这么眼熟啊
《以家人之名》
88% Match
这个人怎么看上去 这么眼熟啊
zhè ge rén zěn me kàn shàng qù zhè me yǎn shú a

“Why does she look so familiar?”

你这个人怎么这么说话呀
《蜜语纪》
88% Match
你这个人怎么这么说话呀
nǐ zhè ge rén zěn me zhè me shuō huà ya

“How can you speak like that?”

怎么会有这么奇怪的人啊
《云秀行》
88% Match
怎么会有这么奇怪的人啊
zěn me huì yǒu zhè me qí guài de rén a

“How can there be such a strange person?”

你这人怎么这么自私啊
《隐身的名字》
88% Match
你这人怎么这么自私啊
nǐ zhè rén zěn me zhè me zì sī a

“How can you be so selfish?”

你这人为什么那么两面派啊
《爱情没有神话》
88% Match
你这人为什么那么两面派啊
nǐ zhè rén wéi shén me nà me liǎng miàn pài a

“Why are you so two-faced?”

我发现你这人怎么这么拧呢
《叵测》
88% Match
我发现你这人怎么这么拧呢
wǒ fā xiàn nǐ zhè rén zěn me zhè me níng ne

“I find you are so stubborn!”

你今天怎么这么失态啊
《爱情有烟火》
88% Match
你今天怎么这么失态啊
nǐ jīn tiān zěn me zhè me shī tài a

“(How could you lose your composure like that today?)”

他毕竟是个男人 怎么会这样子的
《我的山与海》
85% Match
他毕竟是个男人 怎么会这样子的
tā bì jìng shì gè nán rén zěn me huì zhè yàng zi de

“He is a man, after all. How could he be like that?”

《Road to Success》 S1·E5 (35:30) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus