先让李家和魏严先斗
“let the Li family and Wei Yan fight first,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您的意思是
“You mean,”
先让李家和魏严先斗
“let the Li family and Wei Yan fight first,”
“Let them tear each other apart first; we will swoop in and take the prize.”
Reflects the classic Chinese stratagem of letting two adversaries exhaust each other before a third party reaps the benefits, commonly known as 'the fisherman benefiting from the sandpiper and clam fight.'
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
first let / allow... first
Used to establish tactical priority by intentionally letting another party take action or bear the brunt of a situation.
to fight, struggle, or feud
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to denote internal conflict, factional infighting, or fierce competition.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“bring down Wei Yan and the Li family,”
“to help you bring down Wei Yan once and for all.”
“that we can only get things done with the help of the Li and Luo families?”
“I'm afraid Wei Yan won't be arrogant for much longer.”
“♪ We strive to save the world ♪ we could use Xie Zheng and Fan Changyu to deal with Wei Yan?”
“All these suspicious events pointed to Wei Yan.”