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而魏国去年被齐国打得大败，诸侯们纷纷背叛了它，可以趁这个机会攻打魏国。
而魏往年大破於齐，诸侯畔之，可因此时伐魏。
However, Wei last year was greatly defeated by Qi, and the vassals have rebelled against it, and we can take this opportunity to attack Wei.
<s>[INST] For each of the following sets of Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese sentences, provide an English translation that captures the essence of both: Classical: 而魏往年大破於齐，诸侯畔之，可因此时伐魏。 Modern: 而魏国去年被齐国打得大败，诸侯们纷纷背叛了它，可以趁这个机会攻打魏国。 [/INST] However, Wei last year was greatly defeated by Qi, and the vassals have rebelled against it, and we can take this opportunity to attack Wei.</s>
For each of the following sets of Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese sentences, provide an English translation that captures the essence of both: Classical: 而魏往年大破於齐，诸侯畔之，可因此时伐魏。 Modern: 而魏国去年被齐国打得大败，诸侯们纷纷背叛了它，可以趁这个机会攻打魏国。
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However, Wei last year was greatly defeated by Qi, and the vassals have rebelled against it, and we can take this opportunity to attack Wei.
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