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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E3 (20:52) HSK 1
nǐ nǐ gàn má

你 你干吗

“You... What are you doing?”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 20:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gàn má

干吗

“What are you doing?”

nǐ nǐ gàn má CURRENT FOCUS

你 你干吗

“You... What are you doing?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ bāng nǐ jiǎn

我帮你剪

“I'm helping you cut them.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: DEMANDING EXPLANATION
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Wait, what are you trying to do to me? Stay back!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Personal Boundary Defense in Intimacy

Stammering '你……你干吗' often marks a flustered reaction when personal physical space is suddenly entered by someone familiar, balancing instinctive wariness with underlying rapport.

INTENT TAGS: #startled #defensive #boundary_setting #flustered
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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干吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

what are you doing?; why?

Highly colloquial spoken term used to ask someone's purpose or react to an unexpected interruption or action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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