Name: Chinese dialogue snippet: "退而求其次 经之以五事" (tuì ér qiú qí cì jīng zhī yǐ wǔ shì)
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Description: A native spoken Chinese scene featuring "退而求其次 经之以五事" (tuì ér qiú qí cì jīng zhī yǐ wǔ shì). Localized translation: ""If that is not possible, one must resort to a secondary approach:", vocabulary HSK categorization included.

tuì退ér而qiú求qí其cì次 jīng经zhī之yǐ以wǔ五shì事

"If that is not possible, one must resort to a secondary approach:

HSK Vocabulary

退H5 而H4 求H6 其次H4 经H7 以H5 五H1 事H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E17

Clip Timestamp

30:10

TMDB ID

239901

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	而应停战止戈的	ér yīng tíng zhàn zhǐ gē de	and that hostilities should therefore cease:
2▶	退而求其次经之以五事	tuì ér qiú qí cì jīng zhī yǐ wǔ shì	"If that is not possible, one must resort to a secondary approach:
3	校之以计而索其情一曰道二曰天三曰地	xiào zhī yǐ jì ér suǒ qí qíng yī yuē dào èr yuē tiān sān yuē dì	evaluate it through five factors and verify it through calculation to determine its true condition. First, the Way; second, Heaven; third, Earth;

More Clips From Episode

Total 76 clips (Page 2 of 4)

HSK 2

0:03s

怎么只考了二十三名啊

zěn me zhǐ kǎo le èr shí sān míng ahow did you end up only twenty-third?

HSK 4

0:03s

我家少爷不行了麻烦让一让这是怎么了

wǒ jiā shào yé bù xíng le má fán ràng yī ràng zhè shì zěn me le-My young master's in critical condition! -Please make way! What happened?

HSK 7

0:03s

你抢了我的魁首还敢在我面前瞎晃

nǐ qiǎng le wǒ de kuí shǒu hái gǎn zài wǒ miàn qián xiā huǎngYou stole my top rank, and you still dare to show your face in front of me?

HSK 3

0:03s

这以后你们都给我注意点儿

zhè yǐ hòu nǐ men dōu gěi wǒ zhù yì diǎn érThis... From now on, all of you better watch yourselves.

HSK 6

0:03s

你这个人怎么这样啊少爷少爷明明救了你的命

nǐ zhè ge rén zěn me zhè yàng a shào yé shào yé míng míng jiù le nǐ de mìngHow can you be like this? Young Master! Young Master! He clearly just saved your life.