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 6 of 8)

HSK 1

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有没有什么想要的生辰礼

yǒu méi yǒu shén me xiǎng yào de shēng chén lǐis there anything you want for your birthday?

HSK 6

0:03s

就当往后的生辰礼

jiù dāng wǎng hòu de shēng chén lǐThink of it as a gift for all your birthdays to come.

HSK 3

0:03s

走了又不是不回来了

zǒu le yòu bú shì bù huí lái le♪ I'll burn out my passion for you ♪ it's not like you're leaving forever.

HSK 7

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又何惧耽搁两年呢

yòu hé jù dān gē liǎng nián neWhat does it matter if the wedding is delayed by two years?

HSK 7

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孙儿还以为祖父会生气

sūn ér hái yǐ wéi zǔ fù huì shēng qìI thought you would be angry, Grandfather,

HSK 6

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老夫此生的心愿

lǎo fū cǐ shēng de xīn yuànMy wish in this life

HSK 2

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你今夜就走

nǐ jīn yè jiù zǒuyou leave tonight.

HSK 2

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回去相助那贺敬元

huí qù xiāng zhù nà hè jìng yuánGo back and assist He Jingyuan.

HSK 1

0:03s

掣肘那魏宣

chè zhǒu nà wèi xuānhinder Wei Xuan.

HSK 7

0:03s

他一心只为朝廷为百姓

tā yī xīn zhǐ wèi cháo tíng wèi bǎi xìngHe submits to Wei Yan solely for the sake of the Imperial Court

HSK 5

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也曾信誓旦旦

yě céng xìn shì dàn dànWe once swore solemnly

HSK 7

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护我大胤的江山哪

hù wǒ dà yìn de jiāng shān nǎto protect the realm of Great Yin.

HSK 7

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把持朝政排除异己

bǎ chí cháo zhèng pái chú yì jǐmonopolizing the court and eliminating dissidents.

HSK 6

0:03s

自然成了他的眼中钉肉中刺

zì rán chéng le tā de yǎn zhōng dīng ròu zhōng cìhas naturally become a thorn in his side.

HSK 1

0:03s

你是一个好孩子

nǐ shì yí gè hǎo hái ziyou're a good child.

HSK 7

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助祖父彻底扳倒魏严

zhù zǔ fù chè dǐ bān dǎo wèi yánto help you bring down Wei Yan once and for all.

HSK 6

0:03s

军败兵疲焉能再战啊

jūn bài bīng pí yān néng zài zhàn aThe army is defeated and exhausted. How can they fight again?

HSK 2

0:03s

这大过年的天寒地冻

zhè dà guò nián de tiān hán dì dòngit's the middle of winter, and the New Year has just passed.

HSK 7

0:03s

那也是打断骨头连着筋

nà yě shì dǎ duàn gǔ tou lián zhe jīnblood is still thicker than water.

HSK 3

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快报信给贺大人

kuài bào xìn gěi hè dà rénQuick, send word to Lord He.