What Does "古人云未虑胜先虑败" (gǔ rén yún wèi lǜ shèng xiān lǜ bài) Mean?

gǔ古rén人yún云 wèi未lǜ虑shèng胜 xiān先lǜ虑bài败

as the saying goes, "Think first of defeat, then of victory."

HSK Vocabulary

古人H6 云H4 未H6 胜H5 先H3 败H6

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E37

Clip Timestamp

15:26

TMDB ID

292696

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	陛下	bì xià	Your Majesty,
2▶	古人云未虑胜先虑败	gǔ rén yún wèi lǜ shèng xiān lǜ bài	as the saying goes, "Think first of defeat, then of victory."
3	老臣以为	lǎo chén yǐ wéi	In my opinion,

More Clips From Episode

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但求一个明白

dàn qiú yí gè míng báiI only seek the truth.

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无论国公信与不信

wú lùn guó gōng xìn yǔ bù xìnWhether you believe it or not,

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既然国公身体不适

jì rán guó gōng shēn tǐ bù shìSince you are unwell,

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不必劳心了你

bù bì láo xīn le nǐto worry about court affairs. You!

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天心不可违

tiān xīn bù kě wéiThe will of Heaven cannot be disobeyed.

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民心不可违

mín xīn bù kě wéiThe will of the people cannot be disobeyed.

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他日在九泉之下

tā rì zài jiǔ quán zhī xiàwhen you meet the late emperor

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yì néng ān xīnyou can also be at peace.

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我年轻时也曾这样

wǒ nián qīng shí yě céng zhè yàng(I was also like this when I was young.)

可回头看时竟说不清到底值不值得

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可回头看时竟说不清到底值不值得

kě huí tóu kàn shí jìng shuō bù qīng dào dǐ zhí bù zhí déBut looking back, I can't even tell whether it was worth it or not.

定王也反了这我倒是听说了都传遍了

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定王也反了这我倒是听说了都传遍了

dìng wáng yě fǎn le zhè wǒ dǎo shì tīng shuō le dōu chuán biàn lePrince Ding defected? I heard that too. It's everywhere.

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这是怎么了

zhè shì zěn me leWhat's going on?

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无忧你今日怎么没去学堂啊

wú yōu nǐ jīn rì zěn me méi qù xué táng aWuyou. Why didn't you go to school today?

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不去便不去叔母教你

bù qù biàn bù qù shū mǔ jiào nǐIf you don't go, I will teach you.

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但也各有胜负岂敢危言耸听

dàn yě gè yǒu shèng fù qǐ gǎn wēi yán sǒng tīngbut both sides are tied. How dare they spread rumors!

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闹得是人心惶惶呀

nào dé shì rén xīn huáng huáng yaIt's causing widespread panic.

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眼下战事胶着军报繁杂

yǎn xià zhàn shì jiāo zhuó jūn bào fán záWith the war at a stalemate, military reports are piling up.

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皇上定然是难以抽得开身的

huáng shàng dìng rán shì nán yǐ chōu dé kāi shēn deHis Majesty is surely too busy to get away.

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皇上自幼承欢您膝下母子情深

huáng shàng zì yòu chéng huān nín xī xià mǔ zi qíng shēnYou've raised His Majesty since his childhood. Deep mother-son bond.

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昨夜思虑繁杂一时难以转圜

zuó yè sī lǜ fán zá yī shí nán yǐ zhuǎn huánhe was burdened by various thoughts and couldn't figure out for now.