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《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E20 (22:46) HSK 5
shén me gàn shá ya dà bàn yè nǐ bù shuì jiào

什么干啥呀 大半夜你不睡觉

“What am I doing? You're staying up at night.”

《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 22:46 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gàn shá ya

干啥呀

“What are you doing?”

shén me gàn shá ya dà bàn yè nǐ bù shuì jiào CURRENT FOCUS

什么 干啥呀 大半夜 你不睡觉

“What am I doing? You're staying up at night.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ gàn shá ne

你干啥呢

“What are you doing?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: SCOLDING
Tone: IMPATIENT
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Go to sleep and stop making noise in the middle of the night!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Bluntness in Intimate Relationships

Close family members or housemates in Chinese culture often skip polite pleasantries and express irritation directly when their rest is disturbed.

INTENT TAGS: #scolding #complaint #irritation #dismissal
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
大半夜 SPOKEN CHUNK

in the middle of the night; late at night

Colloquial term often prefixed with '大' to emphasize the inappropriate or inconvenient lateness of the hour.

什么干啥呀 SPOKEN CHUNK

What do you mean 'what am I doing'?

Used as an annoyed retort to dismiss the other person's question and immediately counterattack.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the bluntness slightly while carrying an exasperated or rhetorical tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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