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《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E13 (06:56) HSK 2
wèi fù gēn nǐ shuō le duō shǎo cì le ?

为父跟你说了多少次了?

“How many times have I told you?”

《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 06:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN fù wáng fàng xīn

父王放心

“Don't worry, Father.”

wèi fù gēn nǐ shuō le duō shǎo cì le ? CURRENT FOCUS

为父 跟你说了 多少次了?

“How many times have I told you?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN chéng dà shì zhě dāng rú zhè lú dān huǒ

“To seek great things, you must behave like the stove fire.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: REPRIMANDING
Tone: STERN
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop giving me empty assurances and remember what I taught you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Paternal Authority in Traditional China

Fathers in classical Chinese households held absolute authority and were expected to educate their heirs with strict discipline.

INTENT TAGS: #admonishing #chastising #parental_authority #rhetorical_question
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
为父 SPOKEN CHUNK

I, your father

A classical self-reference used by a father when speaking formally to his child in historical dramas.

说了多少次了 SPOKEN CHUNK

told you how many times already

A common rhetorical pattern used to scold someone for repeating an error despite multiple warnings.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as a sentence-final particle emphasizing the accumulation of events and the speaker's impatience.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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