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《Eight Hundred》 S1·E2 (17:56) HSK 6
rén jiā dōng xī nǐ kàn shén me kàn

人家东西你看什么看

“Why were you snooping through his things?”

《Eight Hundred》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 17:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ gàn shén me ya nǐ

“What are you doing?”

rén jiā dōng xī nǐ kàn shén me kàn CURRENT FOCUS

人家 东西 你看什么 看

“Why were you snooping through his things?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ yǐ wéi shì huáng sè lù xiàng dài ne

“I thought it was some adult tapes.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: REBUKING INTRUSION
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Keep your hands and eyes to yourself, it is none of your business.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Boundaries and 'Renjia' (人家)

'Renjia' frequently serves as a third-person pronoun emphasizing that something belongs to others, invoking social norms of respecting interpersonal privacy.

INTENT TAGS: #rebuke #boundary_setting #criticism #annoyance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
人家东西 SPOKEN CHUNK

other people's stuff/belongings

'人家' is used here to refer to a third party or someone else's private property.

你看什么看 SPOKEN CHUNK

what are you looking at; stop staring/snooping

A sharp, colloquial rebuke using the 'Verb + 什么 + Verb' pattern to demand someone cease an irritating action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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