你到底想要干什么
“what exactly do you want?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
祯娘
“Zhen,”
你到底想要干什么
“what exactly do you want?”
田老爷
“Master Tian,”
“Stop beating around the bush and tell me what your real agenda is!”
In Chinese communication, asking someone so bluntly about their motives indicates that polite indirectness has been abandoned and conflict is now open.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on earth / in the end / after all
Used in questions to add strong emphasis and urgency when the speaker feels impatient for an answer.
want to do what / up to what
Commonly used when confronting someone about their suspicious or annoying behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Zhang Haixia, what on earth do you want to do?”
“What exactly do you want?”
“What exactly do you want?”
“What exactly are you after?”
“What are you really up to?”
“What do you really want?”
“What exactly are you trying to do?”
“What on earth are you doing?”
“What on earth are you up to?”
“What exactly are they doing there?”
“What exactly did you do?”
“Why did he do that?”
“bloody battles for?”
“What exactly do you want me to do?”
“What exactly does she want?”
“What on earth is this guy trying to do?”
“What exactly is your scheme?”
“What... exactly are you doing?”
“What exactly are you trying to do?”