也不知道他急什么急
“I don't know what his rush was.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不听 非要拿那个破包
“But he wouldn't listen and insist on that bag.”
也不知道 他 急什么急
“I don't know what his rush was.”
真是
“Well.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Colloquial Mandarin frequently uses the formula 'V + 什么 + V' to brush off an interlocutor's excessive emotion or urgency as unwarranted.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what is the big rush
The pattern 'Verb + 什么 + Verb' is used to express dismissiveness or annoyance towards someone's excessive action.
who knows / no idea
Often placed at the beginning of a complaint to signal bewilderment at someone else's unreasonable action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why the rush?”
“I wonder what he's doing.”
“I wonder what he is going to do.”
“I don't know what he's been busy with.”