说什么呢
“What are you talking about?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
说什么呢
“What are you talking about?”
“You are making me blush; do not say such outrageous things!”
Instead of confronting awkward or intimate propositions directly, speakers often use rhetorical questions to play coy and lighten the atmosphere.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
What on earth are you saying?
Used idiomatically in spoken Mandarin to playfully scold someone, deflect awkward compliments, or show flustered annoyance.
Softens the rhetorical question into a colloquial, teasing rebuke rather than genuine anger.