那你住哪里 做什么
“Where do you live? And what do you do?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我也想知道
“I want to know that too.”
那你住哪里 做什么
“Where do you live? And what do you do?”
“How come I've never heard He Xiangyong mention you?”
“Who are you really, and why are you around?”
In informal Chinese interactions, asking directly where someone lives and what they do is common when getting acquainted or sizing up a newcomer's trustworthiness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what do you do (for a living)
A very colloquial way to ask about someone's occupation or current activity depending on context.
where do you live
Standard conversational phrasing used to ask someone's place of residence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Where will we live? What do we do? - Ms. Liu. - I'll check it out.”
“Where did you stay last night? Last night?”
“Then where will you stay?”
“If you sell this place, where will you live?”
“Where do you live? I'll drive you home. I live...”