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《The Dark Romance》 S1·E3 (33:29) HSK 7
bú shì nǐ men gàn má chī de zěn me hái méi hōng zǒu a bù hǎo yì sī

不是你们干吗吃的 怎么还没轰走啊 不好意思

“What am I paying you guys for? Why haven't you driven her away? I'm sorry.”

《The Dark Romance》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 33:29 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zěn me le duì bù qǐ liú zǒng tā yí dìng yào jiàn nín

“What's up? I'm sorry, Mr. Liu. She insists on meeting you.”

bú shì nǐ men gàn má chī de zěn me hái méi hōng zǒu a bù hǎo yì sī CURRENT FOCUS

不是 你们 干吗吃的 怎么还 没 轰走 啊 不好意思

“What am I paying you guys for? Why haven't you driven her away? I'm sorry.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ men liú zǒng zài kāi huì

我们刘总在开会

“Mr. Liu is having a conference!”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SCOLDING SUBORDINATES
Tone: HARSH, IMPATIENT
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are completely useless at your jobs; get rid of this nuisance immediately!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hierarchical Reprimand in Chinese Workplaces

In high-pressure corporate settings, high-status superiors may drop polite pretenses and use coarse idioms like '干吗吃的' to emphasize immediate accountability.

INTENT TAGS: #reprimand #impatience #demanding_action #expressing_frustration
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
干吗吃的 SPOKEN CHUNK

what good are you; completely useless

A highly colloquial, blunt insult used to question someone's competence, especially when they fail basic duties.

轰走 SPOKEN CHUNK

to drive away; to kick out

Use when describing forcefully or rudely expelling an unwelcome person from a place.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Intensifies the speaker's impatience and demanding tone in a rhetorical question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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