有什么用啊
“of saying these things?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你说这些
“What's the use”
有什么用啊
“of saying these things?”
这是能把飞机打下来呀
“Can this shoot down airplanes?”
“Your high-minded talk won't stop enemy bombs from killing us.”
Common in wartime Chinese drama where practical survivors clash with principled idealists who refuse to bend to physical danger.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what's the point; what use is it
Extremely frequent spoken rhetorical chunk used to dismiss an action, argument, or object as futile.
Enhances the rhetorical force and exasperation of the question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What's the point?”
“What's the point of looking at that?”
“But does it help with anything?”
“you writing a recommendation letter? My name is Wang Fa.”
“We have so many cars. Why use that one?”