找谁呀你们 吵吵什么呀
“Who are you looking for? What's all the noise about?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
开门
“Open the door.”
找谁呀 你们 吵吵什么呀
“Who are you looking for? What's all the noise about?”
林华
“Lin Hua,”
“Stop making a scene at my door and state your business.”
Using reduplicated colloquial verbs like '吵吵' directly criticizes the other party for disruptive public disorder and bad manners.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what are you making such a racket about?
A colloquial northern expression used to shut down loud clamor or shouting.
who are you looking for?
A direct and slightly blunt inquiry directed at unexpected visitors.
Sharpens the rhetorical, impatient nature of the questions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Who are you? I'm nobody. I just heard you cussing someone and wanted to cuss you back.”
“Who is he? Do I know him?”
“Who are you? How do you know my pen name?”
“Who are you looking for? Gao... Gao Qiqiang. Is he locked up here?”
“From who? Who's going to help you? If you won't go make a fuss at the Educated Youth Office,”
“Who are you hitting? Who said you can hit her?”