你干吗自己吓自己呢
“Why are you scaring yourself?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If you insist on thinking like this, aren't you just splitting hairs?”
你干吗 自己吓自己 呢
“Why are you scaring yourself?”
凡事咱们不都得往宽了想 你说是不是
“We have to look on the bright side. Don't you agree?”
“Calm down, nothing bad is going to happen.”
In close relationships, pointing out that someone is 'scaring themselves' serves as an intimate gesture of support to ground the person back in reality.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why; what for
A colloquial alternative to '为什么' carrying a mild undertone of questioning necessity or mild disapproval.
to scare oneself; to create unnecessary panic
Set phrase commonly used to comfort someone worrying over hypothetical dangers.
Softens the rhetorical question, lending a concerned and persuasive tone rather than an aggressive interrogation.
