What Does "火候最重要" (huǒ hòu zuì zhòng yào) Mean?

huǒ火hòu候zuì最zhòng重yào要

it is all in the timing.

HSK Vocabulary

火候H7 最H2 重要H3

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E16

Clip Timestamp

26:26

TMDB ID

289271

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	我一直告诫我儿丹药要成	wǒ yì zhí gào jiè wǒ ér dān yào yào chéng	I've often told my son that to perfect the elixir,
2▶	火候最重要	huǒ hòu zuì zhòng yào	it is all in the timing.
3	可是他太急躁了让你们得了先手	kě shì tā tài jí zào le ràng nǐ men dé le xiān shǒu	Yet he was too impatient, letting you gain the upper hand.

More Clips From Episode

Total 102 clips (Page 2 of 6)

HSK 5

0:03s

见着破绽岂会不咬？

jiàn zhe pò zhàn qǐ huì bù yǎo ？He will never hesitate to strike when he spots an opening.

为什么要毁了那么好的一段姻缘啊？

HSK 7

0:03s

为什么要毁了那么好的一段姻缘啊？

wèi shén me yào huǐ le nà me hǎo de yī duàn yīn yuán a ？why did you sabotage such an ideal alliance back then?

HSK 4

0:03s

我只信自己手中的刀

wǒ zhǐ xìn zì jǐ shǒu zhōng de dāoI trust only the blade in my hand.

HSK 4

0:03s

王爷又怎知我没有留后手？

wáng yé yòu zěn zhī wǒ méi yǒu liú hòu shǒu ？How can Your Lordship be certain I have nothing left up my sleeve?

HSK 7

0:03s

更何况区区楚棠？

gèng hé kuàng qū qū chǔ táng ？Let alone Chu Tang.

HSK 3

0:03s

殿下弃子认输吧

diàn xià qì zi rèn shū baYour Highness, you might as well concede.

HSK 6

0:03s

我…我如何能劝得了她呢？

wǒ … wǒ rú hé néng quàn dé le tā ne ？How could someone like me ever persuade her?

HSK 6

0:03s

你一定有办法可以取信于她

nǐ yí dìng yǒu bàn fǎ kě yǐ qǔ xìn yú tāI remain confident that you know how to win her trust.

HSK 3

0:03s

变成自己掌中之玩物

biàn chéng zì jǐ zhǎng zhōng zhī wán wùinto playthings in his own hands.

HSK 5

0:03s

定然不会将我的真诚弃之敝履

dìng rán bú huì jiāng wǒ de zhēn chéng qì zhī bì lǚand would never treat my sincerity as dirt,

HSK 1

0:03s

这局气数已尽了

zhè jú qì shù yǐ jǐn leMiss Chu, this game is all but lost.

HSK 7

0:03s

那我便赌一个变数

nà wǒ biàn dǔ yí gè biàn shùThen I shall wager on the wild variable.

HSK 7

0:03s

王爷既然眼下奈何我不得

wáng yé jì rán yǎn xià nài hé wǒ bù déSince Your Lordship cannot crush me yet,

HSK 7

0:03s

不如我们再赌一局？

bù rú wǒ men zài dǔ yī jú ？shall we play another match?

HSK 1

0:03s

能不能剖开你儿子的虚情假意

néng bù néng pōu kāi nǐ ér zi de xū qíng jiǎ yìcan shatter your son's rotten pretense.

HSK 7

0:03s

就能要人性命吗？

jiù néng yào rén xìng mìng ma ？to claim a life?

HSK 6

0:03s

凡事都有例外

fán shì dōu yǒu lì wàiThere is an exception to everything.

HSK 7

0:03s

殿下饶命殿下阿棠娘子

diàn xià ráo mìng diàn xià ā táng niáng zǐYour Highness, please spare my life. Your Highness. Miss Tang, you have deceived me once.

HSK 5

0:03s

方才已经骗了我一次了

fāng cái yǐ jīng piàn le wǒ yī cì leMiss Tang, you have deceived me once.

HSK 1

0:03s

不是说听我话吗？

bú shì shuō tīng wǒ huà ma ？You said you would obey, didn't you?