What Does "自古忠义难两全" (zì gǔ zhōng yì nán liǎng quán) Mean?

zì自gǔ古zhōng忠yì义nán难liǎng两quán全

Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness have been hard to reconcile.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E20

Clip Timestamp

26:52

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	那就是斩草除根哪	nà jiù shì zhǎn cǎo chú gēn nǎ	they would have wiped out the entire family.
2▶	自古忠义难两全	zì gǔ zhōng yì nán liǎng quán	Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness have been hard to reconcile.
3	也不全怪贺大人	yě bù quán guài hè dà rén	It's not entirely your fault, Lord He.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 6

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我以为他是去母留子呢

wǒ yǐ wéi tā shì qù mǔ liú zi neI thought he'd kill the mother and keep the child.

HSK 6

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没想到是去子留母

méi xiǎng dào shì qù zi liú mǔI didn't expect him to plan to kill the child and keep the mother.

HSK 7

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zhēn shì xīn ruǎnHe really is soft-hearted.

HSK 1

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想要什么都可以给你

xiǎng yào shén me dōu kě yǐ gěi nǐI can give you anything you want.

HSK 2

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想要谢征和樊长玉的头

xiǎng yào xiè zhēng hé fán zhǎng yù de tóuthe heads of Xie Zheng and Fan Changyu.

HSK 1

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现在不想多想了

xiàn zài bù xiǎng duō xiǎng leI don't want to think about it anymore.

HSK 6

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再决定要不要恨你

zài jué dìng yào bù yào hèn nǐI'll decide whether or not to hate you.

HSK 7

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有人托我把这个给你

yǒu rén tuō wǒ bǎ zhè ge gěi nǐSomeone asked me to give this to you.

HSK 2

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你不是最不爱吃甜食吗

nǐ bú shì zuì bù ài chī tián shí maI thought you hated sweets.

HSK 2

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这不是我画的吗

zhè bú shì wǒ huà de maDidn't I paint this?

HSK 2

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快过来过来过来

kuài guò lái guò lái guò láiCome here! Hurry!

HSK 6

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听闻是杀猪西施救下我儿

tīng wén shì shā zhū xī shī jiù xià wǒ érI heard it was the Butcher Beauty who saved my son,

HSK 5

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她有功无罪呀

tā yǒu gōng wú zuì yaShe did nothing wrong!

HSK 5

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她是有功无罪呀

tā shì yǒu gōng wú zuì ya[Jizhou Government Office] She did nothing wrong!

HSK 1

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我都没能找到宁娘

wǒ dōu méi néng zhǎo dào níng niángand I still haven't found Changning.

HSK 1

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我不知道我还能去哪儿了

wǒ bù zhī dào wǒ hái néng qù nǎ ér leI don't know where else to go.

HSK 1

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wǒ zhēn méi yòngI'm so useless.

HSK 6

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我爹娘是被山匪所杀

wǒ diē niáng shì bèi shān fěi suǒ shāmy parents were killed by bandits.

HSK 6

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为何还能安排好家里的财物

wèi hé hái néng ān pái hǎo jiā lǐ de cái wùWhy did they manage to arrange the family assets

HSK 7

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他们真是被山匪所杀

tā men zhēn shì bèi shān fěi suǒ shāWere they really killed by bandits?