这怎么回事？
“What's going on?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
- 姐姐 - 小妹 你们也到了
“- Wangyan! - Wuyi. You're here too?”
这怎么回事 ？
“What's going on?”
被我吓到了
“I scared him.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Between close family members or friends, speakers omit honorifics and pleasantries, asking direct questions about confusing circumstances.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what is going on? / what happened?
An extremely common colloquial phrase used to ask for the reason behind an unexpected situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What's going on?”
“What's going on?”
“What really happened?”
“what's really going on?”
“What exactly is happening? Report!”
“Why? Is it just because of her health?”
“What's going on? Sorry, Doctor.”
“- What's the matter? - and had to seek long-term medical treatment.”