What Does "成大事者当如这炉丹火" (chéng dà shì zhě dāng rú zhè lú dān huǒ) Mean?

chéng成dà大shì事zhě者 dāng当rú如zhè这lú炉dān丹huǒ火

To seek great things, you must behave like the stove fire.

HSK Vocabulary

成H6 大事H5 者H4 当H4 如H5 这H1

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E13

Clip Timestamp

7:00

TMDB ID

289271

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	为父跟你说了多少次了？	wèi fù gēn nǐ shuō le duō shǎo cì le ？	How many times have I told you?
2▶	成大事者当如这炉丹火	chéng dà shì zhě dāng rú zhè lú dān huǒ	To seek great things, you must behave like the stove fire.
3	要沉得住气方能静待时机	yào chén dé zhù qì fāng néng jìng dài shí jī	You should stay patient until the right moment comes.

More Clips From Episode

Total 108 clips (Page 5 of 6)

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御史大人言之有理

yù shǐ dà rén yán zhī yǒu lǐIt makes sense, Censor.

HSK 1

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你怎么看？

nǐ zěn me kàn ？what do you have to say?

HSK 1

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怎么到了本官这儿

zěn me dào le běn guān zhè érHow could you blame me

HSK 4

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寒了我们将士的心

hán le wǒ men jiàng shì de xīnsuch rumors will break the soldiers' hearts.

HSK 7

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何愁没有下手的机会啊？

hé chóu méi yǒu xià shǒu de jī huì a ？that he could poison the General.

HSK 5

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大楚上下该一致对外

dà chǔ shàng xià gāi yí zhì duì wàiAll parts of our state should unite against them.

HSK 6

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孤不想听你们吵架

gū bù xiǎng tīng nǐ men chǎo jiàI don't want to hear you argue.

HSK 6

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孤的姐姐和舅舅什么时候回来？

gū de jiě jiě hé jiù jiù shén me shí hòu huí lái ？when my sister and my uncle will come back.

HSK 3

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等战事结束丧事办完

děng zhàn shì jié shù sāng shì bàn wánWhen the war is over and the funeral is done,

HSK 2

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就别拿出来做文章了吧

jiù bié ná chū lái zuò wén zhāng le baon a lady's mourning for her father.

HSK 7

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gù quán dà júprioritize the greater good.

HSK 4

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不如等我九弟回来

bù rú děng wǒ jiǔ dì huí láiwhy don't you ask my brother

HSK 1

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你亲口问问他？

nǐ qīn kǒu wèn wèn tā ？when he comes back?

HSK 3

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那可是金丝楠木啊

nà kě shì jīn sī nán mù aThat's golden-thread nanmu, after all.

HSK 5

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太傅不会舍不得吧？

tài fù bú huì shě bù dé ba ？You wouldn't be reluctant, would you?

HSK 2

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这才读了多久就坐不住了？

zhè cái dú le duō jiǔ jiù zuò bú zhù le ？After only a few minutes, you can't read anymore.

HSK 4

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看得让人头痛

kàn dé ràng rén tóu tònggive me a headache.

HSK 1

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我好想你们

wǒ hǎo xiǎng nǐ menI miss you so much.

HSK 4

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我知道你不想听我解释

wǒ zhī dào nǐ bù xiǎng tīng wǒ jiě shìI know you don't want to hear me out.

HSK 5

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这样对阿九不公平啊

zhè yàng duì ā jiǔ bù gōng píng ait's unfair to Jiu.