What Does "是宜早不宜迟" (shì yí zǎo bù yí chí) Mean?

shì是yí宜zǎo早bù不yí宜chí迟

should happen sooner rather than later.

HSK Vocabulary

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E32

Clip Timestamp

7:21

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	您与侯爷的这门婚事啊	nín yǔ hóu yé de zhè mén hūn shì a	the marriage between you and the marquis
2▶	是宜早不宜迟	shì yí zǎo bù yí chí	should happen sooner rather than later.
3	你说什么	nǐ shuō shén me	What did you say?

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 5

0:03s

大监要回去传错了话

dà jiān yào huí qù chuán cuò le huàIf you pass on the wrong message,

HSK 6

0:03s

可别误了国之大事

kě bié wù le guó zhī dà shìyou might jeopardize the nation's affairs.

HSK 6

0:03s

多谢侯爷不杀之恩

duō xiè hóu yé bù shā zhī ēnThank you for sparing my life, Your Lordship!

HSK 4

0:03s

nǐ qīng diǎnThat hurt!

HSK 2

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谢九衡啊谢九衡

xiè jiǔ héng a xiè jiǔ héngXie Jiuheng, oh, Xie Jiuheng.

HSK 6

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你说你削掉人家一只耳朵

nǐ shuō nǐ xuē diào rén jiā yī zhī ěr duǒYou cut off one of his ears.

HSK 7

0:03s

这无疑不就是在掌掴皇上吗

zhè wú yí bù jiù shì zài zhǎng guó huáng shàng maIsn't that a slap in the Emperor's face?

HSK 6

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只怕对皇权已经渴望到了极点

zhǐ pà duì huáng quán yǐ jīng kě wàng dào le jí diǎnhe must be desperate for power.

HSK 3

0:03s

我认为他不会善罢甘休的

wǒ rèn wéi tā bú huì shàn bà gān xiū deI don't think he'll let this go.

HSK 4

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他要是不想坐这皇位

tā yào shì bù xiǎng zuò zhè huáng wèiIf he doesn't want the throne,

HSK 7

0:03s

也有意废帝呢

yě yǒu yì fèi dì nehave plans to depose him anyway.

HSK 3

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你不愿意效忠这样的昏君

nǐ bù yuàn yì xiào zhōng zhè yàng de hūn jūnyou won't serve such an incompetent ruler,

HSK 7

0:03s

要是拥护皇重孙

yào shì yōng hù huáng chóng sūnif we support the Imperial Great-Grandson,

HSK 3

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俞宝儿会不会变成第二个齐昇呢

yú bǎo ér huì bú huì biàn chéng dì èr gè qí shēng neYu Bao'er won't become another Qi Sheng?

HSK 5

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俞宝儿未来会是什么样

yú bǎo ér wèi lái huì shì shén me yàngI don't know

HSK 5

0:03s

但我绝对不会变成第二个魏严

dàn wǒ jué duì bú huì biàn chéng dì èr gè wèi yánbut I will never become another Wei Yan.

HSK 2

0:03s

三天两头往樊娘子那边跑

sān tiān liǎng tóu wǎng fán niáng zǐ nà biān pǎovisits Mrs. Fan every other day.

HSK 6

0:03s

然后在她脆弱之时趁虚而入

rán hòu zài tā cuì ruò zhī shí chèn xū ér rùHe'll swoop in when she's vulnerable.

HSK 2

0:03s

出来你个孬种

chū lái nǐ gè nāo zhǒngCome out, you coward!

HSK 7

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随世子这是何苦呢

suí shì zi zhè shì hé kǔ neWhy bother, Heir Apparent Sui?