你说这到底是怎么了
“What on earth is wrong with me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I suddenly felt completely drained.”
你说这 到底是怎么了
“What on earth is wrong with me?”
好啦 新年快乐
“Cheer up. Happy New Year.”
“I feel so overwhelmed and lost; I just need you to be there for me.”
In close Chinese relationships, asking rhetorical questions about troubles functions primarily to elicit emotional support rather than objective problem-solving.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what on earth is going on / what actually happened
Used when baffled or exasperated by a deteriorating situation that defies easy explanation.
tell me; what do you think
Placed at the beginning of a question to appeal to the listener for an opinion, empathy, or solidarity.
Signals the current changed state of affairs that provokes despair.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What on earth is wrong with me?”
“What exactly happened?”
“what in the world is going on?”
“What exactly happened?”
“Then what happened?”
“Why is that?”
“Why is that?”