What Does "一屋扫不好何以扫天下" (yī wū sǎo bù hǎo hé yǐ sǎo tiān xià) Mean?

yī一wū屋sǎo扫bù不hǎo好 hé何yǐ以sǎo扫tiān天xià下

If you can't manage your own household, how can you manage the world?

HSK Vocabulary

一H1 扫H3 天下H6

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E4

Clip Timestamp

36:55

TMDB ID

261675

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	爷爷说了半天您在点我呢	yé yé shuō le bàn tiān nín zài diǎn wǒ ne	Grandpa, after all that, you're taking a jab at me.
2▶	一屋扫不好何以扫天下	yī wū sǎo bù hǎo hé yǐ sǎo tiān xià	If you can't manage your own household, how can you manage the world?
3	我处理家事纠纷的准则就是	wǒ chǔ lǐ jiā shì jiū fēn de zhǔn zé jiù shì	My approach to family disputes is

More Clips From Episode

Total 187 clips (Page 5 of 10)

HSK 5

0:03s

没事是我过度紧张了一场乌龙

méi shì shì wǒ guò dù jǐn zhāng le yī cháng wū lóngI'm fine. I was overly anxious. Just a false alarm.

对了我听说那个彤彤要出院了是吧

HSK 3

0:03s

对了我听说那个彤彤要出院了是吧

duì le wǒ tīng shuō nà ge tóng tóng yào chū yuàn le shì baBy the way, I heard Tong is about to be discharged, right?

HSK 1

0:03s

那你喜欢吃哪里的小笼包

nà nǐ xǐ huān chī nǎ lǐ de xiǎo lóng bāoThen, which ones do you like?

HSK 3

0:03s

开心那就再吃一口

kāi xīn nà jiù zài chī yī kǒuHappy. Then have another bite.

怎么舍得把我们孩子扔在这儿不管呢

HSK 5

0:03s

怎么舍得把我们孩子扔在这儿不管呢

zěn me shě de bǎ wǒ men hái zi rēng zài zhè ér bù guǎn nebring themselves to leave our child here like this?

HSK 6

0:03s

我这两天血压有点高

wǒ zhè liǎng tiān xuè yā yǒu diǎn gāoMy blood pressure's been high these days,

HSK 4

0:03s

我那破手机一下就没电了

wǒ nà pò shǒu jī yī xià jiù méi diàn leMy old phone ran out of battery,

旁边又没法充电我今天早上起来回家

HSK 5

0:03s

旁边又没法充电我今天早上起来回家

páng biān yòu méi fǎ chōng diàn wǒ jīn tiān zǎo shàng qǐ lái huí jiāand there was nowhere to charge it. I only got home this morning.

说是她照顾我们小笼包照顾了一宿

HSK 3

0:03s

说是她照顾我们小笼包照顾了一宿

shuō shì tā zhào gù wǒ men xiǎo lóng bāo zhào gù le yī xiǔShe took care of Xiaolongbao all night.

谢谢谢谢你们了谢谢没事这是我们应该做的

HSK 3

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谢谢谢谢你们了谢谢没事这是我们应该做的

xiè xiè xiè xiè nǐ men le xiè xiè méi shì zhè shì wǒ men yīng gāi zuò deThank you, thank you all. It's nothing. This is what we should do.

HSK 2

0:03s

奶奶来了不怕

nǎi nǎi lái le bù pàI'm here, don't be afraid.

HSK 5

0:03s

你你伤没伤着哪

nǐ nǐ shāng méi shāng zhe nǎAre you hurt anywhere?

HSK 5

0:03s

那个肚子饿不饿呀

nà ge dù zi è bù è yaAre you hungry?

HSK 5

0:03s

干吗呢肚子饿不饿呀

gàn má ne dù zi è bù è yaWhat are you doing? Are you hungry?

HSK 4

0:03s

狗眼看人低

gǒu yǎn kàn rén dī(Looking down on people.)

HSK 7

0:03s

全世界都得求着你算计你

quán shì jiè dōu dé qiú zhe nǐ suàn jì nǐ(Like the whole world revolves around you?)

HSK 7

0:03s

真够自以为是的

zhēn gòu zì yǐ wéi shì de(So full of yourself.)

HSK 5

0:03s

凭什么给你呀凭什么不能给我呀

píng shén me gěi nǐ ya píng shén me bù néng gěi wǒ yaWhy should it go to you? Why not?

你这人讲不讲道理什么叫我不讲道理

HSK 5

0:03s

你这人讲不讲道理什么叫我不讲道理

nǐ zhè rén jiǎng bù jiǎng dào lǐ shén me jiào wǒ bù jiǎng dào lǐDo you even make sense? - What do you mean? - Sit down.

HSK 2

0:03s

不是这样的

bú shì zhè yàng deThat's not what happened.