MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《The Inner Eye》 S1·E2 (00:03) HSK 7
dǎ shén me guān sī a dǎ guān sī

打什么官司啊打官司

“What's the point of suing them?”

《The Inner Eye》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 00:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
dǎ shén me guān sī a dǎ guān sī CURRENT FOCUS

打 什么 官司 啊 打官司

“What's the point of suing them?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ yǎng nǐ zhè me dà róng yì ma

“Do you know how hard it was to raise you?”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Family & Home
Function: DISMISSING AND REBUKING
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Are you out of your mind? Filing a lawsuit will only bring shame and trouble upon our family!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Aversion to Litigation (Wusong Mindset)

In traditional Chinese culture, taking family or interpersonal disputes to court is often viewed negatively as airing dirty laundry and disturbing communal harmony.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #scolding #objection #invalidation
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
打什么……啊 SPOKEN CHUNK

What kind of ... are you doing? / Don't even think about ...

A common spoken rhetorical pattern used to express disbelief, strong objection, or ridicule toward someone's planned action.

打官司 SPOKEN CHUNK

to file a lawsuit / to go to court

The standard colloquial term for engaging in litigation or legal proceedings.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Conveys intense exasperation, scolding, and emotional disbelief.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《The Inner Eye》 S1·E2 (00:03) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus