你最近到底在干什么
“What have you been doing lately?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
陆鸣
“Lu Ming.”
你最近 到底在干什么
“What have you been doing lately?”
没干什么
“Nothing.”
“Stop acting shady and tell me what is really going on.”
Using '到底' drops typical Chinese communicative indirectness, signaling that emotional patience has run out.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what on earth are you doing
Used with 到底 to emphasize impatience, suspicion, or exasperation when demanding the truth.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What have you been up to lately?”
“What are you doing? Get down to work.”
“Why are we shopping today?”
“Then what are you doing right now?”
“What... exactly are you doing?”