What Does "小人也是身不由己" (xiǎo rén yě shì shēn bù yóu jǐ) Mean?

xiǎo小rén人yě也shì是shēn身bù不yóu由jǐ己

I had no choice.

HSK Vocabulary

小人H7 身不由己H7

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E28

Clip Timestamp

43:40

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	侯爷息怒	hóu yé xī nù	Please calm down, Your Lordship.
2▶	小人也是身不由己	xiǎo rén yě shì shēn bù yóu jǐ	I had no choice.
3	那二十万石粮食	nà èr shí wàn shí liáng shí	The 200,000 piculs of grain

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身子骨自然会弱些

shēn zi gǔ zì rán huì ruò xiēso she's naturally somewhat frail.

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着实吃了一惊啊

zhe shí chī le yī jīng aI was truly shocked.

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您是什么尚书太傅

nín shì shén me shàng shū tài fùthat you're some Minister or Grand Tutor.

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要是金元宝他们知道

yào shì jīn yuán bǎo tā men zhī dàoIf Jin Yuanbao and the others knew

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和您这样一个大人物修过水坝

hé nín zhè yàng yí gè dà rén wù xiū guò shuǐ bàthey once repaired a dam with a big shot like you,

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那些臭小子们还都好

nà xiē chòu xiǎo zi men hái dōu hǎoAre those little brats all doing well?

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活着活着就好啊

huó zhe huó zhe jiù hǎo aAlive. That's good. As long as they're alive.

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让老夫收你为义女

ràng lǎo fū shōu nǐ wèi yì nǚto adopt you as my goddaughter.

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我都已经是您徒弟了

wǒ dōu yǐ jīng shì nín tú dì leBut I'm already your apprentice.

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那不一样啊

nà bù yí yàng aThat's different.

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谢征让您来的吧

xiè zhēng ràng nín lái de baXie Zheng sent you, didn't he?

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太傅您的好意我心领了

tài fù nín de hǎo yì wǒ xīn lǐng leGrand Tutor, I appreciate your kindness.

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但我不想靠任何人

dàn wǒ bù xiǎng kào rèn hé rénBut I don't want to rely on anyone

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来提升自己的身份

lái tí shēng zì jǐ de shēn fènto raise my status.

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我虽只是林安的杀猪女

wǒ suī zhǐ shì lín ān de shā zhū nǚI may just be a butcher from Lin'an,

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但靠自己的双手能养活自己

dàn kào zì jǐ de shuāng shǒu néng yǎng huó zì jǐbut I can support myself with my own hands,

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反正我喜欢的是言正

fǎn zhèng wǒ xǐ huān de shì yán zhèngAnyway, the one I like is Yan Zheng.

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哪来这么多麻雀变凤凰呢

nǎ lái zhè me duō má què biàn fèng huáng neNot every sparrow turns into a phoenix.

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好你说得好啊

hǎo nǐ shuō dé hǎo aGood. Well said—

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qiáng zhě zì qiángthe strong grow stronger through their own efforts.