What Does "明摆着就是来找茬的" (míng bǎi zhe jiù shì lái zhǎo chá de) Mean?

míng明bǎi摆zhe着jiù就shì是lái来zhǎo找chá茬de的

They're clearly here to cause trouble.

HSK Vocabulary

就是H4 来H1 的H1

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E15

Clip Timestamp

37:25

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	可那帮孙子死活都不答应	kě nà bāng sūn zi sǐ huó dōu bù dā yìng	But those scoundrels refused no matter what we offered.
2▶	明摆着就是来找茬的	míng bǎi zhe jiù shì lái zhǎo chá de	They're clearly here to cause trouble.
3	掌柜的心里犯嘀咕	zhǎng guì de xīn lǐ fàn dí gū	The manager got suspicious,

More Clips From Episode

Total 159 clips (Page 2 of 8)

HSK 5

0:03s

你肯定是被吵得睡不着吧

nǐ kěn dìng shì bèi chǎo dé shuì bù zhe baYou must've been kept awake by the noise.

HSK 4

0:03s

我去给你弄点茶水

wǒ qù gěi nǐ nòng diǎn chá shuǐHow about I go get you some tea?

HSK 5

0:03s

听没听我说话呀

tīng méi tīng wǒ shuō huà yaAre you listening?

HSK 1

0:03s

不是那边是这边

bú shì nà biān shì zhè biānNot that way. This way!

HSK 5

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书肆老板给你脸色了

shū sì lǎo bǎn gěi nǐ liǎn sè leDid the bookshop owner give you a hard time?

HSK 3

0:03s

您这儿一共是三十文

nín zhè ér yī gòng shì sān shí wén[Noodles] that will be 30 wen.

HSK 3

0:03s

一个大男人在外面吃饭

yí gè dà nán rén zài wài miàn chī fànA grown man out to eat with a woman,

HSK 1

0:03s

该不会是小白脸吧

gāi bú huì shì xiǎo bái liǎn baCould he be a kept man?

HSK 5

0:03s

不就看他脸够白吗

bù jiù kàn tā liǎn gòu bái maJust his pretty face, I suppose.

HSK 4

0:03s

xiǎo èr jié zhàngWaiter, bill! [Noodles]

HSK 7

0:03s

您这儿一共是二十一文

nín zhè ér yī gòng shì èr shí yī wénThat will be 21 wen.

HSK 1

0:03s

这会不会也是个小白脸

zhè huì bú huì yě shì gè xiǎo bái liǎnCould he be a kept man as well?

HSK 7

0:03s

看这个长相吃软饭是够了

kàn zhè ge zhǎng xiàng chī ruǎn fàn shì gòu leWith looks like that, he's certainly cut out for it.

HSK 1

0:03s

是不是给宁娘买东西买太多了

shì bú shì gěi níng niáng mǎi dōng xī mǎi tài duō leDid you buy too many things for Changning?

HSK 3

0:03s

你的新年贺礼打开看看

nǐ de xīn nián hè lǐ dǎ kāi kàn kànYour New Year's gift. Open it.

HSK 6

0:03s

黄白之物于我无用

huáng bái zhī wù yú wǒ wú yòngMoney is of no use to me.

HSK 1

0:03s

客官您开什么玩笑呢

kè guān nín kāi shén me wán xiào neSir, you must be joking.

HSK 2

0:03s

我们这小店这么大的银子

wǒ men zhè xiǎo diàn zhè me dà de yín ziWe're just a small shop. Such a large silver ingot…

HSK 5

0:03s

那我替你收着

nà wǒ tì nǐ shōu zheThen I'll keep it for you.

HSK 5

0:03s

是哪处来的贵公子

shì nǎ chù lái de guì gōng zihe's some noble young master,