What Does "世事如棋乾坤未定" (shì shì rú qí qián kūn wèi dìng) Mean?

shì世shì事rú如qí棋 qián乾kūn坤wèi未dìng定

Life is like a chess game. Nothing is set yet.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E3

Clip Timestamp

29:41

TMDB ID

289271

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	您还是拿回去吧	nín hái shì ná huí qù ba	take the cloak back.
2▶	世事如棋乾坤未定	shì shì rú qí qián kūn wèi dìng	Life is like a chess game. Nothing is set yet.
3	阿九你断然拒绝怕是草率了一点	ā jiǔ nǐ duàn rán jù jué pà shì cǎo shuài le yì diǎn	Jiu, it's a little rash of you to reject me so firmly.

More Clips From Episode

Total 136 clips (Page 7 of 7)

HSK 7

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真是令人艳羡

zhēn shì lìng rén yàn xiànHow enviable.

往后这宫中安危还得多多仰仗他呢

HSK 6

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往后这宫中安危还得多多仰仗他呢

wǎng hòu zhè gōng zhōng ān wēi hái dé duō duō yǎng zhàng tā neI'll count on him for the safety of the imperial palace.

HSK 1

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你明知谢三生性多疑

nǐ míng zhī xiè sān shēng xìng duō yíYou know Xie Yanfang is suspicious.

却故意在他面前表现得对我青眼有加

HSK 4

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却故意在他面前表现得对我青眼有加

què gù yì zài tā miàn qián biǎo xiàn dé duì wǒ qīng yǎn yǒu jiāBut in front of him, you pretended to think highly of me.

HSK 7

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你是何用意？方才你没有反驳

nǐ shì hé yòng yì ？ fāng cái nǐ méi yǒu fǎn bóWhat were you up to? You didn't deny it just now.

HSK 7

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接受招揽了？

jiē shòu zhāo lǎn le ？you've accepted my offer?

HSK 6

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保护殿下是我的职责

bǎo hù diàn xià shì wǒ de zhí zéIt's my duty to protect Your Highness.

HSK 6

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谢燕芳掌三公六卿邓弈控言路

xiè yàn fāng zhǎng sān gōng liù qīng dèng yì kòng yán lùXie Yanfang is the head of ministers. Deng Yi controls speech.

HSK 4

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而萧珣坐拥霄南郡

ér xiāo xún zuò yōng xiāo nán jùnXiao Xun owns Xiaonan Prefecture.

HSK 5

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有个愿意为我舍命的你呀

yǒu gè yuàn yì wèi wǒ shě mìng de nǐ yaI have you, who will risk his life for me.

HSK 7

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二敌二何足惧？

èr dí èr hé zú jù ？Two against two. I won't be scared.

HSK 4

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纵算萧珣入局我们有萧羽

zòng suàn xiāo xún rù jú wǒ men yǒu xiāo yǔEven if Xiao Xun interferes, we have Xiao Yu.

HSK 1

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以一敌百都不在话下

yǐ yī dí bǎi dōu bù zài huà xiàbut even a hundred more.

HSK 2

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你知道还这般地泰然自若？

nǐ zhī dào hái zhè bān dì tài rán zì ruò ？Then how can you remain so calm?

若是我惊慌失措又能改变什么呢？

HSK 7

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若是我惊慌失措又能改变什么呢？

ruò shì wǒ jīng huāng shī cuò yòu néng gǎi biàn shén me ne ？If I panicked, what would that change?

HSK 4

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不如按兵不动看看他

bù rú àn bīng bù dòng kàn kàn tāI prefer to stay put and wait. I'll see how he's going to play his game.