为什么要自杀呢 什么自杀呀
“Why would he kill himself? It wasn't suicide.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所有的证件财物 他这明显是想逃跑 对啊
“all his documents and valuables. He obviously wanted to run away. Right.”
为什么要自杀 呢 什么自杀呀
“Why would he kill himself? It wasn't suicide.”
这就是他杀
“It was murder.”
“It makes zero sense that he took his own life; someone obviously killed him.”
Using '什么' followed by a repeated term is a standard spoken Chinese device to immediately refute an interlocutor's premise as groundless.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why would (someone) need to; why on earth
Used to question the rationality or motive behind an action.
what do you mean by...; what kind of... is that
A rhetorical pattern used to reject or brush off an assertion as nonsensical.
Adds an interrogative and reflective tone, prompting genuine thought about the contradiction.
Softens the rhetorical brush-off while conveying lively emotional dismissal.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why would she commit suicide?”
“how could he take his own life?”
“How could Guifang want to commit suicide? Sui...”
“Why did she have to die so brutally?”
“Were you born to court death too?”
“What's worth committing suicide for?”