大晚上还让不让人睡觉了
“It's late. I'm trying to sleep!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
呸呸呸
“Bah! Bah! Bah!”
大晚上 还让 不让 人睡觉了
“It's late. I'm trying to sleep!”
你从哪个山上下来的
“Which mountain are you from?”
“Shut up and let me sleep!”
Chinese speakers often vent frustration through the rhetorical frame '还让不让...了' rather than an outright command to stop.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the dead of night; late at night
Used to emphasize that an untimely action or noise is particularly disruptive due to the late hour.
are you going to let [someone] ... or what?
A rhetorical complaint pattern expressing strong exasperation towards an inconsiderate intrusion.
Used at the end of the rhetorical complaint to intensify the speaker's impatient and exasperated mood.