到底要问什么
“What exactly do you want to ask?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
到底 要 问什么
“What exactly do you want to ask?”
没什么
“Nothing.”
“Stop dancing around the issue and tell me what you really want.”
While Chinese communication often prefers indirection, using '到底' breaks conversational pleasantries and signals that tolerance for vagueness has run out.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on earth / after all
Place before verbs or question words to emphasize impatience or a demand for a definitive answer.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So? What are you inquiring about?”
“What else do you want? Just say whatever else you want.”
“What kind of question was that?”
“Just answer whatever they ask you.”
“What exactly is she trying to do?”
“if you have something on your mind,”