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《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E2 (12:45) HSK 6
nǐ hái zài zhè lǐ gàn má

你还在这里干嘛

“What are you even doing here?”

《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 12:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gēn nǐ yǒu shén me guān xì a

“It's none of your business.”

nǐ hái zài zhè lǐ gàn má CURRENT FOCUS

你还在这里干嘛

“What are you even doing here?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú yào zài gēn le hǎo bù hǎo

“Stop following me, okay?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: EXPRESSING ANNOYANCE
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Leave me alone and get lost!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Boundaries in Personal Conflict

While Chinese communicative norms often favor indirectness, explicit rhetorical prompts like '还在这里干嘛' are deployed during interpersonal disputes to establish firm boundaries and demand physical space.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #expressing_annoyance #setting_boundaries #rejection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
还在这里 SPOKEN CHUNK

still here

Often paired with questions like '干嘛' to highlight frustration that someone has not left yet.

干嘛 SPOKEN CHUNK

what are you doing?; why?

Employed here as an impatient rhetorical question demanding immediate cessation or departure.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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