过的是哪门子生日
“What kind of birthday is this?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你还回来干什么
“Mom, what are you still doing back here?”
过 的 是 哪门子 生日
“What kind of birthday is this?”
妈
“Mom, I'm sorry.”
“You don't deserve to celebrate anything, and you certainly shouldn't have shown up here.”
Birthdays normally demand celebratory politeness and auspicious speech; attacking someone's birthday celebration reflects an extreme breakdown of domestic decorum.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what kind of / what in the world (dismissive/sarcastic)
A highly colloquial northern rhetorical descriptor expressing scorn, contempt, or absurdity toward a noun.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What life am I living, Zhu Helai?”
“Do you know what kind of life the common people are living?”
“What's the point of your birthday?”
“What's your Chinese zodiac sign?”
“Birthday? No. I've got a shipment to get out.”
“Living in such a shabby place?”