What Does "鹬蚌相争" (yù bàng xiāng zhēng) Mean?

yù鹬bàng蚌xiāng相zhēng争

fight it out.

HSK Vocabulary

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E34

Clip Timestamp

44:23

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	我们只需让他们二人	wǒ men zhǐ xū ràng tā men èr rén	We just need to let the two of them
2▶	鹬蚌相争	yù bàng xiāng zhēng	fight it out.
3	十七年前	shí qī nián qián	Seventeen years ago,

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 6

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他全然不顾百姓的死活

tā quán rán bù gù bǎi xìng de sǐ huóhe completely disregarded the lives of the people,

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百姓们食不果腹流离失所

bǎi xìng men shí bù guǒ fù liú lí shī suǒThe people were starving and displaced.

HSK 7

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饿殍遍野之惨象

è piǎo biàn yě zhī cǎn xiàngThe tragic scene of starved corpses littering the fields

HSK 7

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皆因他所为

jiē yīn tā suǒ wèiwas all caused by him.

HSK 1

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才真的叫残暴不仁

cái zhēn de jiào cán bào bù rénis truly cruel and inhumane.

HSK 7

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我们李家世代忠良

wǒ men lǐ jiā shì dài zhōng liángour Li family has been loyal for generations.

HSK 2

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万不能助纣为虐

wàn bù néng zhù zhòu wéi nüèWe must not help a tyrant do evil

HSK 7

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他一路颠沛流离饱受磨难

tā yī lù diān pèi liú lí bǎo shòu mó nànhe has been wandering and suffering hardships.

HSK 6

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难免会心性大乱

nán miǎn huì xīn xìng dà luànIt is inevitable that his temperament has become unstable.

HSK 5

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bù kě wàng duànand not judge him rashly.

HSK 1

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鸟尽弓藏兔死狗烹吗

niǎo jìn gōng cáng tù sǐ gǒu pēng mathat we might be cast aside once we've served our purpose?

HSK 5

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有原则讲道义

yǒu yuán zé jiǎng dào yìwas principled and righteous.

HSK 7

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是大胤天字号的功臣

shì dà yìn tiān zì hào de gōng chénHe was a top-tier meritorious official of Great Yin.

HSK 7

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到头来一切都成空

dào tóu lái yī qiè dōu chéng kōngIn the end, it was all for nothing.

HSK 5

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yòu néng rú héwhat good will it do?

HSK 7

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那祖父当初就不该将我送往西北

nà zǔ fù dāng chū jiù bù gāi jiāng wǒ sòng wǎng xī běiThen you shouldn't have sent me to the Northwest in the first place.

HSK 7

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祖父请你想清楚

zǔ fù qǐng nǐ xiǎng qīng chǔThink it through.

HSK 2

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是明君还是昏君

shì míng jūn hái shì hūn jūna wise ruler or a tyrant?

HSK 5

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叫人即刻围住书房

jiào rén jí kè wéi zhù shū fángHave men surround the study immediately.

HSK 5

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大人您干吗呀

dà rén nín gàn má yaMy Lord, what are you doing?