她何时在意过这个?
“Since when has she ever cared for that?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
盟约?
“The pact?”
她何时 在意过 这个 ?
“Since when has she ever cared for that?”
她把禁卫军的兵符 交给了一个名不见经传的谢家人
“She handed the Imperial Guard Tally to a nobody from the Xie Family.”
“Don't be naive; she has never given a damn about political pacts.”
In Chinese discourse, framing a question with 'When has X ever done Y?' (何时…过) is a conventional rhetorical device meaning 'X has never once cared about Y'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
when; at what time
A slightly formal rhetorical question marker equivalent to spoken '什么时候', frequently used to express strong denial ('never').
ever cared about; ever paid attention to
Used to evaluate whether someone has historically shown concern or regard for an issue.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“When did you start to fancy her?”
“When did you find out?”
“It has come to this point,”
“When are you talking about?”
“that she might have been in a hurry that day.”
“when I bathed you like this last time.”