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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E8 (31:11) HSK 2
gàn shén me ne nǐ zhè shì zǎo jiù gēn nǐ shuō le

干什么呢你这是 早就跟你说了

“What are you doing? I've told you”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 31:11 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎng gěi wǒ mǎi xīn yī fú bù hǎo yì sī shuō

想给我买新衣服不好意思说

“He wants to buy me a new outfit but is too embarrassed to tell me.”

gàn shén me ne nǐ zhè shì zǎo jiù gēn nǐ shuō le CURRENT FOCUS

干什么呢你这是 早就跟你说了

“What are you doing? I've told you”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú yào tà rù wǒ de shì lì fàn wéi

“not to step onto my turf.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: DEFENSIVE REBUTTAL
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop joking around and quit getting into my business!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Bickering as Affection (欢喜冤家)

In Chinese romantic comedies, partners frequently disguise mutual attraction or shyness behind feigned annoyance and sharp boundary-policing.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #boundary_setting #pushback #banter
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
干什么呢你这是 SPOKEN CHUNK

What are you doing? / Cut it out.

Commonly employed to stop someone who is teasing or overstepping informal boundaries.

早就跟你说了 SPOKEN CHUNK

I already told you

Invoked defensively to show that the speaker's stance was already made clear in the past.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Infuses the rhetorical question with immediate, spontaneous pushback.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Reinforces that the boundary was already previously stated.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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