你干什么 报警啊 报什么警 报警什么
“What are you doing? Call the police! What police?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Fire! He wants to burn us to death.”
你干什么 报警 啊 报什么警 报警 什么
“What are you doing? Call the police! What police?”
不报警我们都得死
“We'll all die if we don't!”
“Stop, we cannot involve the cops no matter what!”
In spoken Chinese, inserting '什么' inside a verb-object phrase serves as a forceful denial or rebuke rather than a genuine inquiry.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why call the police / don't call the police
The rhetorical pattern 'Verb + 什么 + Object' expresses strong objection or disapproval of an action.
what are you doing
A sharp, direct interjection used to stop someone in the middle of an undesirable action.
Conveys alarm and sharp surprise at the other person's sudden action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Calling the police. Why call the police? Hang up!”
“Look at you. Why would you mention the police report?”
“Why would you mention the police report?”
“Who told you to call the police?”