What Does "此乃前菜" (cǐ nǎi qián cài) Mean?

cǐ此nǎi乃qián前cài菜

This is just the appetizer.

HSK Vocabulary

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E38

Clip Timestamp

6:52

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	西北调兵的虎符	xī běi diào bīng de hǔ fú	used to mobilize troops in the Northwest back then?
2▶	此乃前菜	cǐ nǎi qián cài	This is just the appetizer.
3	大宴还在后头呢	dà yàn hái zài hòu tou ne	The main course is yet to come.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 7

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若我父亲真是恶人

ruò wǒ fù qīn zhēn shì è rénIf my father truly were a villain,

HSK 6

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为何会与他书信往来

wèi hé huì yǔ tā shū xìn wǎng lái[Diligent and Virtuous] exchange letters with him

HSK 7

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并要护我姐妹二人性命

bìng yào hù wǒ jiě mèi èr rén xìng mìng[Diligent and Virtuous] and want to protect the lives of my sister and me?

HSK 4

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我倒想问魏相一句

wǒ dào xiǎng wèn wèi xiāng yī jùI would like to ask Prime Minister Wei a question.

HSK 3

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那最后的受惠之人是谁

nà zuì hòu de shòu huì zhī rén shì shuíwho would be the one to benefit in the end?

HSK 6

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樊将军说得对

fán jiāng jūn shuō dé duì[Diligent and Virtuous] General Fan is right.

HSK 1

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要重审十七年前瑾州之殇

yào chóng shěn shí qī nián qián jǐn zhōu zhī shāngto retry the case of the Jinzhou tragedy from 17 years ago.

HSK 7

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臣岂能缺席

chén qǐ néng quē xíhow can I be absent?

HSK 7

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烧宫之事尚未解决

shāo gōng zhī shì shàng wèi jiě juéThe case of the palace burning has yet to be resolved,

HSK 7

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你还为其辩解

nǐ hái wèi qí biàn jiěand yet you are here defending her.

HSK 1

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你也有了不臣之心吗

nǐ yě yǒu le bù chén zhī xīn matoo, harbor thoughts of rebellion?

HSK 5

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恐怕是另有其人吧

kǒng pà shì lìng yǒu qí rén bawith thoughts of rebellion is someone else.

HSK 3

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魏严为一己私情

wèi yán wèi yī jǐ sī qíngWei Yan, for his own private affection,

HSK 7

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擅自中途回京

shàn zì zhōng tú huí jīngreturned to the Capital unauthorized,

HSK 6

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抛瑾州将士于阵前

pāo jǐn zhōu jiàng shì yú zhèn qiánabandoning the soldiers of Jinzhou at the front line,

HSK 7

0:03s

zéi hǎn zhuō zéiIt's a case of the guilty accusing the innocent.

HSK 1

0:03s

你才是瑾州之战最大的叛贼

nǐ cái shì jǐn zhōu zhī zhàn zuì dà de pàn zéiyou are the biggest traitor in the Battle of Jinzhou!

HSK 3

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这金吾卫中也有咱们的人

zhè jīn wú wèi zhōng yě yǒu zán men de rén[Yin] We have our people within the Imperial Guard.

HSK 1

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这宫门不攻而破

zhè gōng mén bù gōng ér pò[Yin] The palace gates will fall without an attack.

HSK 4

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这些年旱涝不断

zhè xiē nián hàn lào bù duànThe droughts and floods over these years