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

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我看哪别说弄成猴子了就是弄成狮子

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我看哪别说弄成猴子了就是弄成狮子

wǒ kàn nǎ bié shuō nòng chéng hóu zi le jiù shì nòng chéng shī ziWith his talent, I wouldn't be surprised if he turned into a lion, let alone some 'monkeys.'

郑德诚的成绩那上上下下也是有目共睹

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郑德诚的成绩那上上下下也是有目共睹

zhèng dé chéng de chéng jì nà shàng shàng xià xià yě shì yǒu mù gòng dǔHis achievements are also evident to everyone.

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月海太特殊了自打开城以来

yuè hǎi tài tè shū le zì dǎ kāi chéng yǐ láiYuehai is unique. Since its establishment,

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那剩余的钱都是自收自支

nà shèng yú de qián dōu shì zì shōu zì zhīthe remaining funds are all self-collected and self-disbursed.

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现在更麻烦的是这些举报信

xiàn zài gèng má fán de shì zhè xiē jǔ bào xìnWhat's more troublesome now is these letters

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你怎么能这么急功近利呢

nǐ zěn me néng zhè me jí gōng jìn lì nehow can you be so impatient for success?

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你真是太让我失望了

nǐ zhēn shì tài ràng wǒ shī wàng leI'm so disappointed in you.

不都快高考了吗还看电视我逗你呢我做作业呢

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不都快高考了吗还看电视我逗你呢我做作业呢

bù dōu kuài gāo kǎo le ma hái kàn diàn shì wǒ dòu nǐ ne wǒ zuò zuò yè neGaokao's coming, and you're watching TV? Just kidding. I'm doing homework.

那不是那你这话说的你要被抓起来了

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那不是那你这话说的你要被抓起来了

nà bú shì nà nǐ zhè huà shuō de nǐ yào bèi zhuā qǐ lái leWait. Are you saying you're going to get arrested?

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你还真是不盼着我点好啊

nǐ hái zhēn shì bù pàn zhe wǒ diǎn hǎo aYou really don't wish me well, do you?

不是我早就跟你说了在外面干事别老得罪人

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不是我早就跟你说了在外面干事别老得罪人

bú shì wǒ zǎo jiù gēn nǐ shuō le zài wài miàn gàn shì bié lǎo dé zuì rénNo, I told you before, don't make enemies out there.

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你老爸是个好人就行了

nǐ lǎo bà shì gè hǎo rén jiù xíng lethat your dad's a good man.

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我一定会给大家一个交代

wǒ yí dìng huì gěi dà jiā yí gè jiāo dàiI will surely give everyone an explanation.

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可能比我们想的还要严重

kě néng bǐ wǒ men xiǎng de hái yào yán zhòngmight be even more serious than we thought.

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但这只是我的一个预感

dàn zhè zhǐ shì wǒ de yí gè yù gǎnBut this is just a hunch of mine.

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当然我们现在说这个也为时过早

dāng rán wǒ men xiàn zài shuō zhè ge yě wéi shí guò zǎoOf course, it's too early to discuss this now.

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书记零零碎碎的事情呢

shū jì líng líng suì suì de shì qíng neMr. Zheng. I won't go into minor details.

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杨小海那帮孩子我算了一下时间

yáng xiǎo hǎi nà bāng hái zi wǒ suàn le yī xià shí jiānSecond, Yang Xiaohai and those kids. I calculated the timing.

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还是要从根上改变他们

hái shì yào cóng gēn shàng gǎi biàn tā menWe must help them change fundamentally.

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对吧好第三呢重中之重

duì ba hǎo dì sān ne zhòng zhōng zhī zhòngThat's your specialty, right? Okay. Third, and most critical