What Does "我为他取字九衡" (wǒ wèi tā qǔ zì jiǔ héng) Mean?

wǒ我wèi为tā他qǔ取zì字jiǔ九héng衡

so I gave him the courtesy name Jiuheng,

HSK Vocabulary

我H1 为H3 他H1 取H4 字H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E21

Clip Timestamp

28:49

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	少年时戾气重	shào nián shí lì qì zhòng	He was hostile in his youth,
2▶	我为他取字九衡	wǒ wèi tā qǔ zì jiǔ héng	so I gave him the courtesy name Jiuheng,
3	压一压他	yā yī yā tā	just to temper him,

More Clips From Episode

Total 180 clips (Page 3 of 9)

HSK 1

0:03s

我一个人能掘十箩筐

wǒ yí gè rén néng jué shí luó kuāngI can dig 10 baskets by myself.

HSK 4

0:03s

整天满嘴之乎者也

zhěng tiān mǎn zuǐ zhī hū zhě yěHe talks pedantically all day long.

HSK 2

0:03s

这新来的不错啊

zhè xīn lái de bù cuò aThis new girl is nice.

HSK 2

0:03s

走走走干活喽

zǒu zǒu zǒu gàn huó lóuGo now! Time to work!

HSK 3

0:03s

我听你说话像是个读书人

wǒ tīng nǐ shuō huà xiàng shì gè dú shū rénYou sound like a scholar.

HSK 6

0:03s

为何会在这儿搬山石啊

wèi hé huì zài zhè ér bān shān shí aWhy are you moving rocks here?

HSK 7

0:03s

我在这边境找我徒弟

wǒ zài zhè biān jìng zhǎo wǒ tú dìI was looking for my disciple at the border.

HSK 7

0:03s

没想到遇到连夜的大雨

méi xiǎng dào yù dào lián yè de dà yǔUnexpectedly, I was caught in a heavy rainstorm overnight

HSK 7

0:03s

还被兵卒扣押至此

hái bèi bīng zú kòu yā zhì cǐThen I was caught here by soldiers.

HSK 7

0:03s

想必定是那魏以圭阻拦

xiǎng bì dìng shì nà wèi yǐ guī zǔ lánIt must have been Wei Yigui who blocked the way.

HSK 1

0:03s

这不做人子的东西

zhè bù zuò rén zi de dōng xīThat fatherless bastard!

HSK 7

0:03s

不当人子是何意

bù dāng rén zǐ shì hé yìWhat does "fatherless bastard" mean?

HSK 5

0:03s

那我凭什么教给你啊

nà wǒ píng shén me jiāo gěi nǐ aThen why should I teach you?

HSK 6

0:03s

无以规矩不成方圆

wú yǐ guī jǔ bù chéng fāng yuánNothing can be accomplished without rules.

HSK 1

0:03s

hǎo hǎo hǎoBravo!

HSK 3

0:03s

干吗来干这种粗活啊

gàn má lái gàn zhè zhǒng cū huó aWhy are you doing this rough work?

HSK 6

0:03s

吃一肚子粗粮不委屈啊

chī yī dǔ zi cū liáng bù wěi qū aDon't you feel it's unfair to eat coarse food?

HSK 6

0:03s

全营也就你有点眼光啊

quán yíng yě jiù nǐ yǒu diǎn yǎn guāng aYou're the only one in the whole camp with some taste.

HSK 5

0:03s

又入这狼窝呀

yòu rù zhè láng wō yaonly to enter the wolf's lair.

HSK 4

0:03s

suàn bàn zi baHalf a son, I suppose.