干吗问我 你也是
“Why ask me? It's your fault.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我弟有没有消息 你知道啊
“You would know if there were any news about my brother.”
干吗问我 你 也是
“Why ask me? It's your fault.”
“Why are you putting me on the spot? You know I don't want to talk about this.”
As foreshadowed by the next turn, Chinese interpersonal etiquette heavily penalizes bringing up someone's sore spot or painful family topic without tact.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why are you asking me
Used bluntly to push away questions that the speaker considers annoying, irrelevant, or accusatory.
you too / honestly, you should know better
A common colloquial critique implying that the listener's behavior is disappointing or tactless.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What are you doing? What's that supposed to mean?”
“What are you doing? I'm here.”
“What are you doing? I'm here to pay you back.”
“Aren't you going to ask why I'm here?”
“And I asked what you were doing.”
“What are you doing? What are you doing? Who are you? What's your problem? Let go!”