你都想什么呢
“What are you thinking about?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你讨厌死了
“You're so annoying.”
你都 想什么呢
“What are you thinking about?”
我们刚在一起的时候
“When we first got together,”
“You have a wild imagination, stop being so silly.”
In Chinese romantic interactions, feigning mock exasperation is a common method of expressing intimacy and mutual affection without formal compliments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what on earth are (you) thinking
A colloquial rhetorical phrase used to mock someone's strange, overcomplicated, or mischievous thoughts.
Softens the question and injects an ongoing, reflective, playful tone into the teasing.