What Does "两害相较取其轻" (liǎng hài xiāng jiào qǔ qí qīng) Mean?

liǎng两hài害xiāng相jiào较qǔ取qí其qīng轻

to choose the lesser of two evils.

HSK Vocabulary

取H4 其H5 轻H4

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E28

Clip Timestamp

7:49

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	先生曾教过	xiān shēng céng jiào guò	Teacher once taught me
2▶	两害相较取其轻	liǎng hài xiāng jiào qǔ qí qīng	to choose the lesser of two evils.
3	询叔可以赌一下	xún shū kě yǐ dǔ yī xià	Mr. Xun, we can take a gamble.

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之后她是选择留在京城

zhī hòu tā shì xuǎn zé liú zài jīng chéngAfter that, whether she chooses to stay in the Capital

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不久就回京和长公主相亲了

bù jiǔ jiù huí jīng hé zhǎng gōng zhǔ xiāng qīn lehe soon returned to the Capital to court Her Highness.

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也确实是在意料之外

yě què shí shì zài yì liào zhī wàiIt was indeed unexpected.

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以这安太妃的性子

yǐ zhè ān tài fēi de xìng ziGiven Consort Dowager An's temperament,

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亲手为公孙先生准备药膳了

qīn shǒu wèi gōng sūn xiān shēng zhǔn bèi yào shàn lepersonally makes medicinal food for you, Mr. Gongsun.

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我当初就不该相信你的鬼话

wǒ dāng chū jiù bù gāi xiāng xìn nǐ de guǐ huàI never should have believed your nonsense.

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什么算无遗策

shén me suàn wú yí cèSo much for your infallible strategy.

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损石虎一员大将不说

sǔn shí hǔ yī yuán dà jiàng bù shuōNot only did we lose General Shi Hu,

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险些害得元青也丢了性命

xiǎn xiē hài dé yuán qīng yě diū le xìng mìngbut Yuanqing almost lost his life too!

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我今天明白告诉你

wǒ jīn tiān míng bái gào sù nǐLet me make this clear to you today:

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就算元青有个三长两短

jiù suàn yuán qīng yǒu gè sān cháng liǎng duǎneven if something happens to Yuanqing,

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儿臣从未贪图过王位

ér chén cóng wèi tān tú guò wáng wèiI have never coveted the throne,

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也无心跟青弟竞争

yě wú xīn gēn qīng dì jìng zhēngnor do I wish to compete with Yuanqing.

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你我兄弟之间还用发誓吗

nǐ wǒ xiōng dì zhī jiān hái yòng fā shì maBetween us brothers, is an oath really necessary?

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爹大敌当前

diē dà dí dāng qiánFather, the enemy's at our doorstep.

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智者千虑还必有一失

zhì zhě qiān lǜ hái bì yǒu yī shīEven the wise are not always free from error.

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大哥对阵谢征已经尽力了

dà gē duì zhèn xiè zhēng yǐ jīng jìn lì leYuanhuai already did his best against Xie Zheng.

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要不是大哥让石越来救我

yào bú shì dà gē ràng shí yuè lái jiù wǒIf Yuanhuai hadn't sent Shi Yue to save me,

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那谢征真能把儿子绑到战场上

nà xiè zhēng zhēn néng bǎ ér zi bǎng dào zhàn chǎng shàngXie Zheng would have tied me up on the battlefield

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儿女都是债啊

ér nǚ dōu shì zhài aChildren are nothing but debts.