你们出去 怎么不锁门呀
“Why didn't you lock the door when you got out?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
妈 我回来了
“Mom, I'm back.”
你们 出去 怎么不锁门呀
“Why didn't you lock the door when you got out?”
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“Chun!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese domestic life, family members frequently remind one another about locking doors as a routine expression of domestic vigilance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to lock the door
A common everyday verb-object phrase used when leaving home.
why didn't / why haven't
Used in spoken Chinese to question an omission or criticize an unperformed action.
Softens the rhetorical question to prevent the reproach from sounding too harsh.