What Does "龙的儿子就是大王八" (lóng de ér zi jiù shì dà wáng bā) Mean?

lóng龙de的ér儿zi子jiù就shì是dà大wáng王bā八

The Dragon's son is a big turtle.

HSK Vocabulary

龙H5 的H1 儿子H1 就H2 是H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E20

Clip Timestamp

6:18

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	这就不是个大王八吗	zhè jiù bú shì gè dà wáng bā ma	Isn't that just a big turtle?
2▶	龙的儿子就是大王八	lóng de ér zi jiù shì dà wáng bā	The Dragon's son is a big turtle.
3	对牛弹琴	duì niú tán qín	Pearls before swine.

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谢某此次直杀霸下

xiè mǒu cǐ cì zhí shā bà xiàmy direct attack on Baxia

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樊家二姑娘被抓了

fán jiā èr gū niáng bèi zhuā leChangning was kidnapped?

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本侯敢问一句

běn hóu gǎn wèn yī jùMay I ask—

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贺将军可知详情

hè jiāng jūn kě zhī xiáng qíngof the Fans' murder case?

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太直接了吧你

tài zhí jiē le ba nǐYou're too direct.

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便杀了昔日的故人吗

biàn shā le xī rì de gù rén mathat you were still loyal to him?

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樊兄是自尽

fán xiōng shì zì jìnFan committed suicide.

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魏相也会派别人去

wèi xiāng yě huì pài bié rén qùPrime Minister Wei would have sent someone else.

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那就是斩草除根哪

nà jiù shì zhǎn cǎo chú gēn nǎthey would have wiped out the entire family.

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自古忠义难两全

zì gǔ zhōng yì nán liǎng quánSince ancient times, loyalty and righteousness have been hard to reconcile.

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也不全怪贺大人

yě bù quán guài hè dà rénIt's not entirely your fault, Lord He.

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但是故人已去

dàn shì gù rén yǐ qùBut they have already gone.

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在丞相麾下又居何职

zài chéng xiàng huī xià yòu jū hé zhíAnd what position did he hold under the Prime Minister?

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我是绝对不能说的

wǒ shì jué duì bù néng shuō decannot tell you about this,

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还请贺将军替本侯宣扬出去

hái qǐng hè jiāng jūn tì běn hóu xuān yáng chū qùPlease spread the word for me.

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您这是何意啊

nín zhè shì hé yì awhat's the meaning of this?

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此乃将计就计

cǐ nǎi jiāng jì jiù jìIt's called beating them at their own game.

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知道自己手拿肉票金贵

zhī dào zì jǐ shǒu ná ròu piào jīn guìknows his hostage is valuable.

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樊二姑娘反而不会有性命之忧的

fán èr gū niáng fǎn ér bú huì yǒu xìng mìng zhī yōu deChangning won't be in danger of dying.

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还是侯爷想得周全啊

hái shì hóu yé xiǎng dé zhōu quán aYou have thought of everything, Your Lordship.