跑到这么偏僻的地方来干什么
“they doing out in such a remote place?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那他们两个
“What were”
跑到这么 偏僻的地方 来干什么
“they doing out in such a remote place?”
康利民你快来看
“Kang Limin, come and look at this.”
“They must be hiding something fishy to come all the way out here.”
Going out of one's way to visit an isolated spot is culturally coded in dramatic narratives as strong evidence of covert wrongdoing or illicit romance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a remote or secluded place
Used to describe out-of-the-way locations lacking convenience or crowds.
to come all the way over to
Here '跑到...来' conveys the effort or peculiarity of traveling to a specific unexpected spot.
what for; doing what
A colloquial question phrase frequently used to question someone's purpose or intent.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We're in a distant village. Why'd you have to tag along?”
“Why are we shopping today?”
“Why did you find this place?”