那他们为什么要分手啊
“Then why did they break up?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
长得真不行
“She's really not pretty.”
那他们 为什么要分手 啊
“Then why did they break up?”
没完了是吗
“Are you done?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In close Chinese social circles, prying into acquaintances' romantic status is a very common topic of informal banter.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why must / why did (someone) have to
A common conversational phrase used to demand the underlying motive or reason for an action.
to break up
The standard colloquial term for ending a romantic relationship.
Softens the inquiry, making the probing question sound conversational and curious rather than demanding.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What's going on with those two?”
“Since they've already broken up,”
“How could you have broken up?”
“May I ask why you broke up with Shen Xing?”