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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E7 (05:41) HSK 4
nǐ shuō nǐ men liǎ dà wǎn shàng de yě bù chī fàn pǎo dào zhè ér lái gàn má

你说你们俩 大晚上的也不吃饭 跑到这儿来干吗

“Not back for dinner, what are you doing here?”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 05:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zěn me lái le

你怎么来了

“Mr. Zheng, why are you here?”

nǐ shuō nǐ men liǎ dà wǎn shàng de yě bù chī fàn pǎo dào zhè ér lái gàn má CURRENT FOCUS

你说你 们俩 大晚上的 也不 吃饭 跑到这儿 来干吗

“Not back for dinner, what are you doing here?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ men zài zhí xíng rèn wù a zhí xíng shén me rèn wù

我们在执行任务啊 执行什么任务

“We're on duty. What duty?”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: INQUIRING CRITICALLY
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why on earth are you here so late on an empty stomach?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Caring via Meal Inquiries

Mentioning whether someone has eaten (也不吃饭) even while interrogating or scolding them is a common Chinese conversational habit showing underlying care and practical concern.

INTENT TAGS: #questioning #mild_rebuke #concern #inquiry
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
大晚上的 SPOKEN CHUNK

late at night; during the late night hours

A spoken expression highlighting that it is late and therefore an unusual or inconvenient time for activities.

跑到这儿来 SPOKEN CHUNK

come running all the way over here

Colloquial framing that emphasizes the unnecessary trouble or unexpectedness of traveling to the location.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Part of the temporal construction '大晚上的', giving it an idiomatic descriptive flavor.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

6 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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