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

Show Information

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.

More Clips From Episode

Total 226 clips (Page 2 of 12)

HSK 2

0:03s

真不知道这帮人效忠你什么

zhēn bù zhī dào zhè bāng rén xiào zhōng nǐ shén meI really don't know why they're loyal to you.

HSK 6

0:03s

你还是气孤要杀俞宝儿

nǐ hái shì qì gū yào shā yú bǎo éryou're just angry that I wanted to kill Yu Bao'er.

HSK 5

0:03s

谢征能挟他以令诸侯吧

xiè zhēng néng xié tā yǐ lìng zhū hóu bathat Xie Zheng could use him to command the vassals.

HSK 1

0:03s

这个孩子来得不是时候

zhè ge hái zi lái de bú shì shí hòuThis child came at a bad time.

HSK 1

0:03s

到时候你想生多少个

dào shí hòu nǐ xiǎng shēng duō shǎo gèwe can have as many children

HSK 5

0:03s

孤还给你准备了个惊喜

gū huán gěi nǐ zhǔn bèi le gè jīng xǐI have a surprise for you.

HSK 6

0:03s

你一定会很快康复的

nǐ yí dìng huì hěn kuài kāng fù deyou're sure to recover quickly.

HSK 6

0:03s

我从未住过这么大的屋子

wǒ cóng wèi zhù guò zhè me dà de wū ziI've never lived in such a big house.

HSK 1

0:03s

说话都有回声

shuō huà dōu yǒu huí shēngEven my voice echoes.

HSK 1

0:03s

我晚上都不敢叫人

wǒ wǎn shàng dōu bù gǎn jiào rénI'm scared to call for anyone at night.

HSK 6

0:03s

běn gōng bùBeholden... no.

HSK 4

0:03s

我还是喜欢听你叫我本宫姑娘

wǒ hái shì xǐ huān tīng nǐ jiào wǒ běn gōng gū niángI still prefer you calling me Miss Beholden.

HSK 6

0:03s

都是我特意为你挑选的

dōu shì wǒ tè yì wèi nǐ tiāo xuǎn deespecially for you.

HSK 3

0:03s

可这也太多了

kě zhè yě tài duō leBut this is too much.

HSK 7

0:03s

可千万别说这么见外的话

kě qiān wàn bié shuō zhè me jiàn wài de huàthere's no need for such formalities.

HSK 3

0:03s

我身上这件挺好的

wǒ shēn shàng zhè jiàn tǐng hǎo deThe one I'm wearing is fine.

HSK 5

0:03s

如此花容月貌

rú cǐ huā róng yuè màois so beautiful.

HSK 7

0:03s

武安侯可真是有福气啊

wǔ ān hóu kě zhēn shì yǒu fú qì aMarquis of Wu'an is really blessed.

HSK 5

0:03s

你这个人怎么如此无礼

nǐ zhè ge rén zěn me rú cǐ wú lǐWhy are you so rude?

HSK 6

0:03s

算了多一事不如少一事

suàn le duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shìForget it. Let's not make trouble.