What Does "虎毒尚且不食子" (hǔ dú shàng qiě bù shí zi) Mean?

hǔ虎dú毒shàng尚qiě且bù不shí食zi子

Even a vicious tiger won't eat its own cubs.

HSK Vocabulary

尚且H7 不H1 子H3

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E35

Clip Timestamp

8:49

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	看你回去怎么跟那个疯子交代	kàn nǐ huí qù zěn me gēn nà ge fēng zi jiāo dài	Let's see how you explain that to that madman!
2▶	虎毒尚且不食子	hǔ dú shàng qiě bù shí zi	Even a vicious tiger won't eat its own cubs.
3	你连自己亲儿子都要杀	nǐ lián zì jǐ qīn ér zi dōu yào shā	You'd even kill your own son.

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nán jiě qí jiéwith no easy solution.

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十七年教训未见太平

shí qī nián jiào xùn wèi jiàn tài píngThe lesson from 17 years ago hasn't brought peace,

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fǎn tiān bō lánbut has instead caused more turmoil to arise.

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当真是活回去了

dàng zhēn shì huó huí qù leIt seems we've truly returned to the past.

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wēi jī sì fúdanger lurks everywhere.

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你可准备好了

nǐ kě zhǔn bèi hǎo leAre you ready?

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近日你都在忙些什么

jìn rì nǐ dōu zài máng xiē shén meWhat have you been busy with lately?

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也帮母妃抄了些佛经

yě bāng mǔ fēi chāo le xiē fó jīngI also copied some Buddhist scriptures for you.

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频频去冷宫作甚

pín pín qù lěng gōng zuò shènbeen going to the Cold Palace so often?

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想去施些吃食

xiǎng qù shī xiē chī shíand wants to give out some food.

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或许有十七年前宫变的见证人

huò xǔ yǒu shí qī nián qián gōng biàn de jiàn zhèng rénthere might be a witness to the palace coup from 17 years ago.

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权当从未发生过

quán dāng cóng wèi fā shēng guòPretend it never happened.

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再过七日就是宫宴了

zài guò qī rì jiù shì gōng yàn leThe palace banquet is in 7 days.

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闺阁年华拖不得了

guī gé nián huá tuō bù dé leYou cannot waste your prime years.

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若魏严当真胆大包天至此

ruò wèi yán dàng zhēn dǎn dà bāo tiān zhì cǐIf Wei Yan is truly this audacious,

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那就应当查明十七年前的真相

nà jiù yīng dāng chá míng shí qī nián qián de zhēn xiàngwe should uncover the truth from 17 years ago,

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从他手里拿回皇权不是吗

cóng tā shǒu lǐ ná huí huáng quán bú shì maand reclaim imperial power from him, shouldn't we?

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一个个都如此忌惮于他呢

yí gè gè dōu rú cǐ jì dàn yú tā neso afraid of him?

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锦衣玉食竟把你娇养得如此天真

jǐn yī yù shí jìng bǎ nǐ jiāo yǎng dé rú cǐ tiān zhēnA life of luxury has made you so naive.

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魏严岂是那般轻易就能够扳倒的

wèi yán qǐ shì nà bān qīng yì jiù néng gòu bān dǎo deDo you think Wei Yan is that easy to defeat?