你觉得他最想做什么
“what do you think he wants to do the most?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他要离开京海前
“Before he leaves Jinghai,”
你觉得 他 最想做什么
“what do you think he wants to do the most?”
你也不知道啊 我不知道 你看我干什么 走了啊
“You don't know it either? I don't know it. Why are you looking at me? I'm leaving.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese colleagues frequently bounce open questions off one another during informal investigations to identify missed clues.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what do you think; do you think
A staple conversation starter used to solicit an interlocutor's thoughts or perspective.
want to the most
Used before a verb to focus on the primary desire or intention.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“At his age, what matters most?”
“what's the most obvious thing he does?”
“What exactly is she trying to do?”
“What exactly are you trying to do?”
“I'll give him everything.”
“he was obsessed with achieving this so-called great cause.”