Name: Chinese dialogue snippet: "本已是心如枯槁" (běn yǐ shì xīn rú kū gǎo)
Uploaded: 2026-06-27T00:00:00Z
Description: A native spoken Chinese scene featuring "本已是心如枯槁" (běn yǐ shì xīn rú kū gǎo). Localized translation: "My heart had long since withered.", vocabulary HSK categorization included.

本已是心如枯槁

běn yǐ shì xīn rú kū gǎo

My heart had long since withered.

HSK Vocabulary

已H4 是H1 心H4 如H5

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E7

Clip Timestamp

33:21

TMDB ID

275966

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	半途而废	bàn tú ér fèi	I was forced to give up halfway.
2▶	本已是心如枯槁	běn yǐ shì xīn rú kū gǎo	My heart had long since withered.
3	承天不弃	chéng tiān bù qì	Thanks to heaven's grace,

More Clips From Episode

Total 65 clips (Page 3 of 4)

HSK 3

0:03s

为教她戒骄戒躁

wèi jiào tā jiè jiāo jiè zàoTo keep her from growing proud and impatient,

HSK 1

0:03s

列祖列宗在上

liè zǔ liè zōng zài shàngAncestors above,

HSK 1

0:03s

哪有闲钱给他们

nǎ yǒu xián qián gěi tā menWhere would we get the spare money for them?

HSK 5

0:03s

今非昔比实在是有心无力呀

jīn fēi xī bǐ shí zài shì yǒu xīn wú lì yathat times have changed. We truly can't afford it.

HSK 6

0:03s

媳妇如今只能拆东墙补西墙

xí fù rú jīn zhǐ néng chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng[Li Zhengyou, Legitimate Grandson of the Seventh Branch—Son of Sun Wanyi] I can only patch one hole by tearing open another.

HSK 4

0:03s

我前些日子恍惚听人说了一嘴

wǒ qián xiē rì zi huǎng hū tīng rén shuō le yī zuǐI vaguely heard a few days ago

HSK 1

0:03s

慎言七婶

shèn yán qī shěnwatch your words. Aunt Rujun,

HSK 1

0:03s

都是自家人有什么不可说的

dōu shì zì jiā rén yǒu shén me bù kě shuō dewe're all family here. What's there that cannot be said?

HSK 4

0:03s

赚的都是不义之财

zhuàn de dōu shì bù yì zhī cáiEvery coin they've earned is ill-gotten.

HSK 3

0:03s

又和县令权贵勾搭在一起

yòu hé xiàn lìng quán guì gōu dā zài yì qǐthey've even colluded with the County Magistrate and powerful figures.

HSK 4

0:03s

连文会都不放在眼里了

lián wén huì dōu bù fàng zài yǎn lǐ leThey don't even respect the Literary Association anymore.

HSK 7

0:03s

快向七祖母请罪

kuài xiàng qī zǔ mǔ qǐng zuìApologize to your seventh grandmother now.

HSK 2

0:03s

送那些达官显贵的礼单里边都有这元丹

sòng nà xiē dá guān xiǎn guì de lǐ dān lǐ biān dōu yǒu zhè yuán dānto curry favor with officials and nobles, this elixir is included among the gifts he presents!