What Does "恐怕是大材小用了" (kǒng pà shì dà cái xiǎo yòng le) Mean?

kǒng恐pà怕shì是dà大cái材xiǎo小yòng用le了

is a waste of your talent.

HSK Vocabulary

恐怕H4 是H1 了H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E35

Clip Timestamp

15:23

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	如今这般调配	rú jīn zhè bān diào pèi	This assignment
2▶	恐怕是大材小用了	kǒng pà shì dà cái xiǎo yòng le	is a waste of your talent.
3	吴兄过誉了	wú xiōng guò yù le	You flatter me, Wu.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 6

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你连自己亲儿子都要杀

nǐ lián zì jǐ qīn ér zi dōu yào shāYou'd even kill your own son.

HSK 2

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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说话都有回声

shuō huà dōu yǒu huí shēngEven my voice echoes.

HSK 1

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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

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běn gōng bùBeholden... no.

HSK 4

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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

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都是我特意为你挑选的

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

HSK 3

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可这也太多了

kě zhè yě tài duō leBut this is too much.

HSK 7

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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

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我身上这件挺好的

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

HSK 5

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如此花容月貌

rú cǐ huā róng yuè màois so beautiful.

HSK 7

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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

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你这个人怎么如此无礼

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