《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E23 (01:38)
HSK 5
nǐ gàn má ya kàn kàn
你干吗呀 看看
“What are you doing? Take a look.”
《Hold A Court Now》
S1·E23
TIMECODE: 01:38
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
nǐ gàn má ya kàn kàn
CURRENT FOCUS
你干吗呀 看看
“What are you doing? Take a look.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
dà jiě yī wū zi de fǎ lǜ cóng yè rén shì
大姐 一屋子的法律从业人士
“Rui, the whole room is full of legal professionals.”
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Scene:
Legal & Police
Function:
DEFENSIVE INQUIRY
Tone:
IMPATIENT AND DEFENSIVE
Emotion:
ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Back off and let me see it; stop making a scene.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Defensiveness
Using questions like 'What are you doing?' serves as an instinctive boundary-setting mechanism in informal Chinese confrontation before giving an actual reason.
INTENT TAGS:
#protest
#inquiry
#boundary_setting
#annoyance
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
干吗呀
SPOKEN CHUNK
What are you doing? / What is your problem?
A colloquial rhetorical question showing slight irritation, shock, or resistance.
看看
SPOKEN CHUNK
take a look
Verb reduplication used to soften a request or indicate a brief inspection.
Modal Particle「呀」 (ya)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the blunt rhetorical question while adding an expressive tone of mild irritation or surprise.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E23 (01:38) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus