What Does "我们不能先发制人吗？" (wǒ men bù néng xiān fā zhì rén ma ？) Mean?

wǒ我men们bù不néng能fā先zhì发rén制ma人？吗？

Can't we strike first?

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E3

Clip Timestamp

11:38

TMDB ID

289271

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	恐怕很多事早已不受朝廷管控	kǒng pà hěn duō shì zǎo yǐ bù shòu cháo tíng guǎn kòng	I'm afraid a lot of things are no longer under the court's control.
2▶	我们不能先发制人吗？	wǒ men bù néng xiān fā zhì rén ma ？	Can't we strike first?
3	师出要有名	shī chū yào yǒu míng	Not until we have a just reason.

More Clips From Episode

Total 136 clips (Page 1 of 7)

HSK 6

0:03s

恭喜长公主得偿所愿

gōng xǐ zhǎng gōng zhǔ dé cháng suǒ yuànYour Highness, congratulations on getting what you want.

HSK 7

0:03s

荣华富贵你也如愿以偿

róng huá fù guì nǐ yě rú yuàn yǐ chángYou got wealth and honor as you had longed for.

HSK 5

0:03s

píng ān jiù hǎoGlad she's safe.

HSK 6

0:03s

这于礼不合啊

zhè yú lǐ bù hé athis is inappropriate.

HSK 2

0:03s

郎中令莫不是忘了

láng zhōng lìng mò bú shì wàng leChamberlain, don't you remember what happened before?

HSK 3

0:03s

谢大人还没走？

xiè dà rén hái méi zǒu ？Mr. Xie, still here?

私下里唤他一声乳名也是理所应当

HSK 3

0:03s

私下里唤他一声乳名也是理所应当

sī xià lǐ huàn tā yī shēng rǔ míng yě shì lǐ suǒ yīng dāngYou can call him by his nickname in private.

HSK 6

0:03s

长公主能有今日靠的不是谢氏

zhǎng gōng zhǔ néng yǒu jīn rì kào de bú shì xiè shìYou didn't get where you are by relying on my clan.

HSK 6

0:03s

反而谢氏靠的是长公主

fǎn ér xiè shì kào de shì zhǎng gōng zhǔInstead, my clan relied on you.

HSK 6

0:03s

既然一脉连枝何须繁文缛节？

jì rán yī mài lián zhī hé xū fán wén rù jié ？Since we're in the same boat, forget about the formalities.

HSK 2

0:03s

这样的一个人不显山不露水

zhè yàng de yí gè rén bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐA man like him, who keeps a low profile,

HSK 4

0:03s

却更容易笑到最后

què gèng róng yì xiào dào zuì hòuis more likely to have the last laugh.

HSK 4

0:03s

莫不是臣衣冠不整？

mò bú shì chén yī guān bù zhěng ？Am I untidily dressed?

HSK 7

0:03s

本宫还等着三公子指点一二呢

běn gōng hái děng zhe sān gōng zi zhǐ diǎn yī èr neI'm waiting for you to advise me on what the Lord of Xiaonan will do next.

HSK 6

0:03s

狼子野心已然昭昭

láng zi yě xīn yǐ rán zhāo zhāoHis ambition is all too evident.

HSK 7

0:03s

伤心欲绝病缠卧榻

shāng xīn yù jué bìng chán wò tàand bedridden over the late Emperor's death.

HSK 5

0:03s

如今朔漠在边郡也是虎视眈眈

rú jīn shuò mò zài biān jùn yě shì hǔ shì dān dānfoes from the Northern Desert are lurking on the frontier.

HSK 6

0:03s

新朝主少国疑内忧外患

xīn cháo zhǔ shào guó yí nèi yōu wài huànNew court, young emperor. Internal and external troubles.

HSK 6

0:03s

zhǎng jiě rú mǔShe's like my mother.

HSK 7

0:03s

总有一天我要亲手杀了他们

zǒng yǒu yī tiān wǒ yào qīn shǒu shā le tā menOne day, I'll kill them with my own hands