What Does "城门失火殃及池鱼啊" (chéng mén shī huǒ yāng jí chí yú a) Mean?

chéng城mén门shī失huǒ火yāng殃jí及chí池yú鱼a啊

When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E25

Clip Timestamp

33:04

TMDB ID

279593

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	退订单的电话我都接了七个了	tuì dìng dān de diàn huà wǒ dōu jiē le qī gè le	I've taken seven calls canceling orders.
2▶	城门失火殃及池鱼啊	chéng mén shī huǒ yāng jí chí yú a	When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.
3	雪梅	xuě méi	Xuemei, say something.

More Clips From Episode

Total 124 clips (Page 2 of 7)

HSK 5

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我就当这篇文章不存在

wǒ jiù dāng zhè piān wén zhāng bù cún zàiI'll act as if this article never existed.

如果觉得没问题的话那我们就速战速决

HSK 3

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如果觉得没问题的话那我们就速战速决

rú guǒ jué de méi wèn tí de huà nà wǒ men jiù sù zhàn sù juéIf everything looks fine, let's wrap this up quickly.

HSK 4

0:03s

《高速发展还是贪腐的温床》

《 gāo sù fā zhǎn hái shì tān fǔ de wēn chuáng 》High-Speed Development or a Hotbed of Corruption?

HSK 6

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成为社会关注的焦点

chéng wéi shè huì guān zhù de jiāo diǎnbecoming a focus of societal concern.

他就力排众议提出城市建设费的想法

HSK 5

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他就力排众议提出城市建设费的想法

tā jiù lì pái zhòng yì tí chū chéng shì jiàn shè fèi de xiǎng fǎAt the city's founding, he pushed through opposition and proposed a city construction fee.

HSK 7

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也埋下了不少隐患

yě mái xià le bù shǎo yǐn huànit also planted the seeds of serious risks.

镇政府做出了一个匪夷所思的决定

HSK 6

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镇政府做出了一个匪夷所思的决定

zhèn zhèng fǔ zuò chū le yí gè fěi yí suǒ sī de jué dìngthe town government made a baffling decision.

这写的什么呀黑白颠倒啊胡作非为啊

HSK 5

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这写的什么呀黑白颠倒啊胡作非为啊

zhè xiě de shén me ya hēi bái diān dǎo a hú zuò fēi wéi aWhat nonsense is this? It's turning black into white! It's sheer lawlessness!

HSK 6

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那不禁让人产生疑问

nà bù jīn ràng rén chǎn shēng yí wènThis inevitably raises the question.

李镇长城管队是我们一起搞起来的

HSK 5

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李镇长城管队是我们一起搞起来的

lǐ zhèn zhǎng chéng guǎn duì shì wǒ men yì qǐ gǎo qǐ lái deMs. Li, we built the city inspection team together.

因为什么你心里最清楚对吧我们就是为了

HSK 3

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因为什么你心里最清楚对吧我们就是为了

yīn wèi shén me nǐ xīn lǐ zuì qīng chǔ duì ba wǒ men jiù shì wèi leYou know the reason best, don't you? We did it for the sake of Yuehai's residents.

HSK 7

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并提出预算上不封顶四个字

bìng tí chū yù suàn shàng bù fēng dǐng sì gè zìHe coined the phrase "no budget cap".

HSK 4

0:03s

这这杜记者写的是人话吗这个

zhè zhè dù jì zhě xiě de shì rén huà ma zhè geD-Does this Reporter Du even write like a human?

你以绝对的优势成为我们月海镇的敌人不

HSK 5

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你以绝对的优势成为我们月海镇的敌人不

nǐ yǐ jué duì de yōu shì chéng wéi wǒ men yuè hǎi zhèn de dí rén bùYou have overwhelmingly become the enemy of Yuehai Town. I truly never expected

不都说了不是事实吗不是事实你们怕什么呀

HSK 5

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不都说了不是事实吗不是事实你们怕什么呀

bù dōu shuō le bú shì shì shí ma bú shì shì shí nǐ men pà shén me yaYou said it's not true. So what are you afraid of?

HSK 2

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你们一个个就不能少说两句

nǐ men yí gè gè jiù bù néng shǎo shuō liǎng jùCan't you all just talk a bit less?

这件事情我们一定会全力配合好的

HSK 5

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这件事情我们一定会全力配合好的

zhè jiàn shì qíng wǒ men yí dìng huì quán lì pèi hé hǎo deWe will fully cooperate on this matter.

HSK 3

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你不会也收到举报信了吧

nǐ bú huì yě shōu dào jǔ bào xìn le baYou received whistleblower letters too?

月海收取城市建设费这都什么时候的事了

HSK 6

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月海收取城市建设费这都什么时候的事了

yuè hǎi shōu qǔ chéng shì jiàn shè fèi zhè dōu shén me shí hòu de shì leYuehai collected the city construction fee ages ago.

郑德诚我认识几十年了我太了解他了

HSK 3

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郑德诚我认识几十年了我太了解他了

zhèng dé chéng wǒ rèn shí jǐ shí nián le wǒ tài liǎo jiě tā leI've known Zheng Decheng for decades. I know him well.