都几点了 聊什么呢 在这儿 干 干着呢 干着呢
“What time is it? What are you chatting about here? Work. We are working.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还喝着呢
“Still drinking?”
都几点了 聊什么呢 在这 儿 干 干着呢 干着呢
“What time is it? What are you chatting about here? Work. We are working.”
麻利点啊 备菜
“Hurry up and prepare the dishes.”
“Stop slacking off and get back to work right now! / Sorry boss, we are on it!”
Chinese superiors or parents often use time-based rhetorical questions rather than direct commands to induce guilt and immediate compliance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Look what time it is! / Do you know how late it is?
A rhetorical question used to scold someone for being late, procrastinating, or staying up too late.
I'm working on it right now! / In the middle of doing it!
Used defensively to assure someone in authority that you are actively doing your job.
Indicates a change of state or emphasizes that the current time has already passed an acceptable limit.
Marks an ongoing action, first used in an interrogative, accusatory way by the boss, and then defensively by the workers to emphasize they are currently working.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What are you doing? He's having a class. No, next time.”
“- Time to get back to work. - We still have questions for you.”
“I'm talking to you. Exactly. What the heck? What's this?”
“What are you doing? Nothing. I came out to answer a call.”
“Work has to be done sooner or later. I'd like to finish it early so I can go back to my girlfriend early.”
“- The phone. - What for? Just give it.”