真的假的 姐 你咋了 真的 起开
“What? - What's wrong? - It's true. Get lost.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“but the river was dry and you both broke your legs.”
真的假的 姐 你咋了 真的 起开
“What? - What's wrong? - It's true. Get lost.”
姐姐你没事吧
“Xiaoming, are you okay?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In close Chinese familial relationships, sudden crises cause speakers to drop all polite markers, using abrupt commands like '起开' without causing lasting offense.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Are you serious? / Really?
Extremely frequent colloquial phrase expressing surprise or skepticism.
move away / step aside
A blunt, colloquial Northern Chinese command telling someone to get out of the way.
what happened to you? / what's wrong?
Informal Northern spoken equivalent of '你怎么了'.
Indicates a newly arisen situation or change of state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Seriously? You sure you're not mistaken?”
“For real? Dead serious.”
“Really? Of course.”
“Seriously? What did you say?”
“For real? Let me see.”
“But Xiaorou, you're amazing.”