你是谁 你干什么
“Who are you? What were you trying to do?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Professor Jiang, calm down. Calm down. Don't go too far.”
你是谁 你干什么
“Who are you? What were you trying to do?”
我是周瑾的丈夫
“I'm Zhou Jin's husband.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Pairing 'Who are you?' with 'What are you doing?' is the standard urgent formula in Chinese for repelling an uninvited confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
who are you
A direct, abrupt question used when startled or encountering an unknown person.
what are you doing
Used as an immediate instinctive protest against sudden, unwarranted actions or intrusions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“- What happened… - Who are you?”
“Who is that? Why did you answer my brother's phone?”
“Who are you? Why should I have a word with you?”