What Does "人心不足蛇吞象啊" (rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng a) Mean?

rén人xīn心bù不zú足shé蛇tūn吞xiàng象a啊

Talk about biting off more than you can chew.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E21

Clip Timestamp

27:15

TMDB ID

279136

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	一定是在搞扩产	yí dìng shì zài gǎo kuò chǎn	Must be expanding production.
2▶	人心不足蛇吞象啊	rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng a	Talk about biting off more than you can chew.
3	小宇	xiǎo yǔ	Zhiyu,

More Clips From Episode

Total 171 clips (Page 5 of 9)

HSK 6

0:03s

裴总有些东西太过贵重了

péi zǒng yǒu xiē dōng xī tài guò guì zhòng leMr. Pei, some things are too valuable.

HSK 4

0:03s

那我去洗碗不用我来收拾

nà wǒ qù xǐ wǎn bù yòng wǒ lái shōu shíThen I'll wash the dishes. No need. I'll clean up.

毕竟白天放你鸽子了不得好好表现一下

HSK 7

0:03s

毕竟白天放你鸽子了不得好好表现一下

bì jìng bái tiān fàng nǐ gē zi le bù dé hǎo hǎo biǎo xiàn yī xiàAfter all, I stood you up earlier today. I should make it up to you.

我都没好好看看去吧我马上就过来

HSK 4

0:03s

我都没好好看看去吧我马上就过来

wǒ dōu méi hǎo hǎo kàn kàn qù ba wǒ mǎ shàng jiù guò láiI didn't get a chance to look around properly. Go ahead. I'll join you in a minute.

HSK 2

0:03s

这是小的时候我爸送的

zhè shì xiǎo de shí hòu wǒ bà sòng deMy dad gave this to me when I was young.

HSK 6

0:03s

那时候淘气没好好学

nà shí hòu táo qì méi hǎo hǎo xuéI was naughty and slacked off when learning piano.

HSK 7

0:03s

这钢琴保养得很好

zhè gāng qín bǎo yǎng dé hěn hǎoThis piano is well-maintained.

HSK 7

0:03s

一直拜托国内的叔叔保管

yì zhí bài tuō guó nèi de shū shū bǎo guǎnI asked my uncle in China to keep it for me,

HSK 3

0:03s

回上海后就搬过来了

huí shàng hǎi hòu jiù bān guò lái leand I moved it here after returning to Shanghai.

HSK 4

0:03s

我来教你弹钢琴好不好

wǒ lái jiào nǐ tán gāng qín hǎo bù hǎoI'll teach you how to play the piano, okay?

HSK 7

0:03s

那就拜托你了胡老师

nà jiù bài tuō nǐ le hú lǎo shīThen I'm counting on you, Ms. Hu.

HSK 2

0:03s

都不跟我们一起吃饭了

dōu bù gēn wǒ men yì qǐ chī fàn lehe doesn't eat with us anymore.

HSK 6

0:03s

你有时候对他不要太严厉

nǐ yǒu shí hòu duì tā bú yào tài yán lìDon't be too hard on him sometimes.

HSK 4

0:03s

父子之间能有什么事

fù zǐ zhī jiān néng yǒu shén me shìWhat problems could there be between father and son?

那难道是工作上出什么问题了没有

HSK 4

0:03s

那难道是工作上出什么问题了没有

nà nán dào shì gōng zuò shàng chū shén me wèn tí le méi yǒuThen, could there be some issue at work? No.

HSK 4

0:03s

难道是因为那个女孩

nán dào shì yīn wèi nà ge nǚ háiCould it be because of that girl?

HSK 4

0:03s

看来今天不用加班了啊

kàn lái jīn tiān bù yòng jiā bān le aLooks like we don't have to work overtime today.

咱们事务所都好了筑翎却还需要时间

HSK 7

0:03s

咱们事务所都好了筑翎却还需要时间

zán men shì wù suǒ dōu hǎo le zhù líng què hái xū yào shí jiānOur studio is already done, but Forma still needs more time.

HSK 4

0:03s

裴总之前留下的饭盒

péi zǒng zhī qián liú xià de fàn héMr. Pei left his lunch box here before.

HSK 6

0:03s

不知道你方不方便代为归还

bù zhī dào nǐ fāng bù fāng biàn dài wéi guī huánI was wondering if you could return it for me.