What Does "我只是为了自保而已" (wǒ zhǐ shì wèi le zì bǎo ér yǐ) Mean?

wǒ我zhǐ只shì是wèi为le了zì自bǎo保ér而yǐ已

I did everything out of self-defense.

HSK Vocabulary

我H1 只是H3 为了H3 而已H7

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E34

Clip Timestamp

15:57

TMDB ID

278127

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	是你和那萧怀瑾合谋构陷老夫	shì nǐ hé nà xiāo huái jǐn hé móu gòu xiàn lǎo fū	You and Xiao Huaijin conspired to frame me.
2▶	我只是为了自保而已	wǒ zhǐ shì wèi le zì bǎo ér yǐ	I did everything out of self-defense.
3	我在此处	wǒ zài cǐ chù	I have been here,

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你眼见事情败露不惜将传令的内侍杀死

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你眼见事情败露不惜将传令的内侍杀死

nǐ yǎn jiàn shì qíng bài lù bù xī jiāng chuán lìng de nèi shì shā sǐSeeing that your plan failed, you killed the eunuch sent from the palace

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是他逼我的

shì tā bī wǒ deHe left me no choice.

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是端王逼我的

shì duān wáng bī wǒ deThe Prince of Duan left me no choice.

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早晚有一日

zǎo wǎn yǒu yī rìsooner or later,

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他会杀我的

tā huì shā wǒ dehe would kill me.

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你一个小小女子

nǐ yí gè xiǎo xiǎo nǚ zǐWhat could a mere woman like you

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安知权谋之争

ān zhī quán móu zhī zhēngknow of the power struggles

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纵横之策？

zòng héng zhī cè ？and the stratagems?

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你只是一个卑鄙歹毒的佞臣

nǐ zhǐ shì yí gè bēi bǐ dǎi dú de nìng chénYou are nothing but a vicious, treacherous minister,

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搬弄权势的外戚姻亲

bān nòng quán shì de wài qī yīn qīna power-grasping in-law of the royal clan who abuses his power.

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原来你都知道啊

yuán lái nǐ dōu zhī dào aSo you knew all along.

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你若能不像你父亲那样倔

nǐ ruò néng bù xiàng nǐ fù qīn nà yàng juéIf you hadn't inherited your father's stubbornness

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懂得一些审时度势

dǒng de yī xiē shěn shí duó shìand had learned to read the tides and adapt,

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我们也不必这么两败俱伤

wǒ men yě bù bì zhè me liǎng bài jù shāngwe wouldn't end up in mutual ruin.

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我们本来可以像一家人一样亲

wǒ men běn lái kě yǐ xiàng yī jiā rén yī yàng qīnWe could have been close like family.

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你现在也来逼我

nǐ xiàn zài yě lái bī wǒAnd you've come to force my hand, too.

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我要去见圣上

wǒ yào qù jiàn shèng shàngI must see His Majesty.

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我要去见圣上

wǒ yào qù jiàn shèng shàngI must see His Majesty.

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我不能杀你因为有朝局要平稳

wǒ bù néng shā nǐ yīn wèi yǒu cháo jú yào píng wěnI can't kill you. Because the stability of the court must be preserved.

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最后却发现你站在规则之上

zuì hòu què fā xiàn nǐ zhàn zài guī zé zhī shàngonly to find you standing above them.