What Does "首先得磕三个响头" (shǒu xiān dé kē sān gè xiǎng tóu) Mean?

shǒu首xiān先dé得kē磕sān三gè个xiǎng响tóu头

he has to kowtow three times first

HSK Vocabulary

首先H4 得H2 磕H7

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E31

Clip Timestamp

22:35

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	以后县尊见了你	yǐ hòu xiàn zūn jiàn le nǐ	From now on, when the Magistrate sees you,
2▶	首先得磕三个响头	shǒu xiān dé kē sān gè xiǎng tóu	he has to kowtow three times first
3	才敢跟你说话	cái gǎn gēn nǐ shuō huà	before he is allowed to speak to you.

More Clips From Episode

Total 203 clips (Page 2 of 11)

HSK 4

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侯爷府中重地

hóu yé fǔ zhōng zhòng dìYour Lordship, this is a restricted area,

HSK 1

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做不了焉州军主帅呢

zuò bù liǎo yān zhōu jūn zhǔ shuài nethe commander of the Yanzhou Army anymore?

HSK 4

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我是否称职为一军主帅

wǒ shì fǒu chèn zhí wèi yī jūn zhǔ shuàiWhether I am fit to be a commander

HSK 5

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跟任何事任何人都无关

gēn rèn hé shì rèn hé rén dōu wú guānIt has nothing to do with anyone or anything else.

HSK 4

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都由侯爷一人说了算

dōu yóu hóu yé yī rén shuō le suànis decided by you alone?

HSK 4

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门生的主意都大了

mén shēng de zhǔ yì dōu dà lehis students become more headstrong

HSK 7

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此议关乎着霁州军权

cǐ yì guān hū zhe jì zhōu jūn quánThis proposal concerns the military power of the Jizhou Army.

HSK 7

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皆酌情战功绝无私见

jiē zhuó qíng zhàn gōng jué wú sī jiànIt is based on merit, with absolutely no bias.

HSK 7

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太傅若是自觉年迈的话

tài fù ruò shì zì jué nián mài de huàIf you feel you are getting old, Grand Tutor,

HSK 5

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倒可以学学当年陶太傅

dào kě yǐ xué xué dāng nián táo tài fùyou might learn from Grand Tutor Tao back then

HSK 5

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只念着他的好

zhǐ niàn zhe tā de hǎoremember only his good deeds.

HSK 4

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总好过七十仍不致仕

zǒng hǎo guò qī shí réng bù zhì shìIt is better than refusing to retire at seventy,

HSK 7

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guǎn xiá bù láiand being unable to manage affairs.

HSK 6

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卢城之战折了贺将军

lú chéng zhī zhàn zhé le hè jiāng jūnGeneral He fell in the Battle of Lucheng.

HSK 1

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只怕他魏严也狂妄不了几天了

zhǐ pà tā wèi yán yě kuáng wàng bù liǎo jǐ tiān leI'm afraid Wei Yan won't be arrogant for much longer.

HSK 7

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这兵马大权且落不到旁处

zhè bīng mǎ dà quán qiě luò bú dào páng chùthe military power won't fall to anyone else.

HSK 1

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便是他魏严的底气

biàn shì tā wèi yán de dǐ qìwhere Wei Yan's confidence comes from.

HSK 1

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好嘞我们去吃饭

hǎo lei wǒ men qù chī fànAlright! Let's go eat.

HSK 7

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diē niángFather, Mother.

HSK 4

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这一切到底是怎么回事

zhè yī qiè dào dǐ shì zěn me huí shìWhat happened exactly?