Name: Chinese dialogue snippet: "见风使船 量体裁衣" (jiàn fēng shǐ chuán liàng tǐ cái yī)
Uploaded: 2026-06-27T00:00:00Z
Description: A native spoken Chinese scene featuring "见风使船 量体裁衣" (jiàn fēng shǐ chuán liàng tǐ cái yī). Localized translation: "trim your sails to the wind, cut your coat to fit your cloth.", vocabulary HSK categorization included.

jiàn见fēng风shǐ使chuán船 liàng量tǐ体cái裁yī衣

trim your sails to the wind, cut your coat to fit your cloth.

HSK Vocabulary

见H1 风H3 使H4 船H3

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E3

Clip Timestamp

26:08

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	你外祖母常说	nǐ wài zǔ mǔ cháng shuō	Your grandmother often says,
2▶	见风使船量体裁衣	jiàn fēng shǐ chuán liàng tǐ cái yī	trim your sails to the wind, cut your coat to fit your cloth.
3	这风该往哪儿吹往哪儿走	zhè fēng gāi wǎng nǎ ér chuī wǎng nǎ ér zǒu	No one knows better than her

More Clips From Episode

Total 85 clips (Page 2 of 5)

HSK 4

0:03s

老子就是看不惯你们这些清流

lǎo zi jiù shì kàn bù guàn nǐ men zhè xiē qīng liúBecause I can't stand you self-righteous Confucian purists!

HSK 7

0:03s

老子偏不让你们得逞

lǎo zi piān bù ràng nǐ men dé chěngI'll never let you get away with it!

HSK 7

0:03s

简直是螳臂当车愚蠢至极

jiǎn zhí shì táng bì dāng chē yú chǔn zhì jíYou're a mantis trying to stop a chariot, utterly foolish.

HSK 7

0:03s

无需陈大人来指手画脚

wú xū chén dà rén lái zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎoI don't need you lecturing me.

HSK 4

0:03s

那怕是要让你失望了

nà pà shì yào ràng nǐ shī wàng leI'm afraid you'll be disappointed.

HSK 4

0:03s

让聂大人失望了

ràng niè dà rén shī wàng leyou'll be disappointed.

HSK 7

0:03s

那多亏了聂大人成全啊

nà duō kuī le niè dà rén chéng quán aWell, I have you to thank for that.

HSK 7

0:03s

我带头出来说说税法新策好你看如何

wǒ dài tóu chū lái shuō shuō shuì fǎ xīn cè hǎo nǐ kàn rú héI take the lead in speaking up for the new tax policy? Would that help?

HSK 7

0:03s

能让我大晏朝廷缓过口气来

néng ràng wǒ dà yàn cháo tíng huǎn guò kǒu qì láican help our Great Yan dynasty recover, I'd gladly

HSK 5

0:03s

我便豁出命去又何妨

wǒ biàn huō chū mìng qù yòu hé fánglay down my life for it.

HSK 7

0:03s

这回啊多亏了那位聂凤鸣一通王八拳

zhè huí a duō kuī le nà wèi niè fèng míng yí tòng wáng bā quánThat reckless stunt by Nie Fengming completely derailed

HSK 6

0:03s

把睿昌王的一盘棋全给搅乱了

bǎ ruì chāng wáng de yī pán qí quán gěi jiǎo luàn lePrince Glorian's entire scheme.

HSK 4

0:03s

武勋既退避三舍

wǔ xūn jì tuì bì sān shèmilitary nobles backed down,

HSK 5

0:03s

断其一臂以挫其势

duàn qí yī bì yǐ cuò qí shìone of his arms to weaken his influence.

HSK 4

0:03s

咱们别互相添堵啊

zán men bié hù xiāng tiān dǔ aLet's not land each other in hot water.

HSK 7

0:03s

咱眼巴巴来这寿宴做什么拜见世子爷无趣得很

zán yǎn bā bā lái zhè shòu yàn zuò shén me bài jiàn shì zi yé wú qù dé hěnwhy did you drag me to this birthday banquet? - Greetings, Young Lord. - It's dead boring.