What Does "老而不死是为贼" (lǎo ér bù sǐ shì wéi zéi) Mean?

lǎo老ér而bù不sǐ死shì是wéi为zéi贼

"An old man who won't die is a thief."

HSK Vocabulary

老H3 而H4 不H1 死H4 是H1 为H3 贼H7

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E15

Clip Timestamp

19:05

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	就说嘛	jiù shuō ma	As the saying goes,
2▶	老而不死是为贼	lǎo ér bù sǐ shì wéi zéi	"An old man who won't die is a thief."
3	阿翁	ā wēng	Grandfather.

More Clips From Episode

Total 159 clips (Page 5 of 8)

HSK 1

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都是心善的好孩子

dōu shì xīn shàn de hǎo hái zigood and kindhearted.

HSK 4

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你走吧不用管我

nǐ zǒu ba bù yòng guǎn wǒJust go. Leave me.

HSK 7

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生死都是命

shēng sǐ dōu shì mìngLife and death are fated.

HSK 7

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我就是磕死在这儿

wǒ jiù shì kē sǐ zài zhè érEven if I smash my head against this place and die,

HSK 2

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也不会跟你走

yě bú huì gēn nǐ zǒuI won't go with you.

HSK 5

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老头子不配呀

lǎo tóu zi bù pèi yaI don't deserve it.

HSK 7

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是我坑了你们全家

shì wǒ kēng le nǐ men quán jiāIt's my fault your whole family suffered.

HSK 2

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都是报应啊

dōu shì bào yìng aIt's all retribution.

HSK 5

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是当年的仇家找上门了

shì dāng nián de chóu jiā zhǎo shàng mén leif the enemies from back then had finally found him.

HSK 1

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ér xí bù xiàoand his wife was unfilial...

HSK 6

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可为何跟李大人说的又不一样

kě wèi hé gēn lǐ dà rén shuō de yòu bù yí yàngBut why is it different from what Lord Li said?

HSK 4

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到底是怎么回事

dào dǐ shì zěn me huí shìWhat really happened?

HSK 5

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我爹娘真的是因为藏宝图

wǒ diē niáng zhēn de shì yīn wèi cáng bǎo túdid my parents really die at the hands of bandits

HSK 6

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官府为何会说假话

guān fǔ wèi hé huì shuō jiǎ huàWhy would the authorities lie?

HSK 3

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和州府朝堂有什么关系

hé zhōu fǔ cháo táng yǒu shén me guān xìhave to do with the government or the imperial court?

HSK 7

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上面当官的人多罢了

shàng miàn dāng guān de rén duō bà lethere are more officials with power.

HSK 5

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不然这世道就乱了套了

bù rán zhè shì dào jiù luàn le tào leOtherwise, the world would fall into chaos.

HSK 7

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去把我爹娘的死查个水落石出

qù bǎ wǒ diē niáng de sǐ chá gè shuǐ luò shí chūand get to the bottom of my parents' deaths.

HSK 3

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只有有钱能使鬼推磨了

zhǐ yǒu yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò leis to let money do the talking.

HSK 2

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你让这些大官给你推磨的钱

nǐ ràng zhè xiē dà guān gěi nǐ tuī mò de qiánBut the money needed to move those high officials