What Does "德不配位才不堪任" (dé bù pèi wèi cái bù kān rèn) Mean?

dé德bù不pèi配wèi位 cái才bù不kān堪rèn任

He is unworthy of his position and incompetent.

HSK Vocabulary

不H1 配H5 位H2

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E34

Clip Timestamp

33:59

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	只是魏严的傀儡	zhǐ shì wèi yán de kuǐ lěi	is merely Wei Yan's puppet.
2▶	德不配位才不堪任	dé bù pèi wèi cái bù kān rèn	He is unworthy of his position and incompetent.
3	那魏严的秉性	nà wèi yán de bǐng xìng	As for Wei Yan's nature—

More Clips From Episode

Total 263 clips (Page 10 of 14)

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百姓们食不果腹流离失所

bǎi xìng men shí bù guǒ fù liú lí shī suǒThe people were starving and displaced.

HSK 7

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饿殍遍野之惨象

è piǎo biàn yě zhī cǎn xiàngThe tragic scene of starved corpses littering the fields

HSK 7

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皆因他所为

jiē yīn tā suǒ wèiwas all caused by him.

HSK 1

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才真的叫残暴不仁

cái zhēn de jiào cán bào bù rénis truly cruel and inhumane.

HSK 7

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我们李家世代忠良

wǒ men lǐ jiā shì dài zhōng liángour Li family has been loyal for generations.

HSK 2

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万不能助纣为虐

wàn bù néng zhù zhòu wéi nüèWe must not help a tyrant do evil

HSK 7

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他一路颠沛流离饱受磨难

tā yī lù diān pèi liú lí bǎo shòu mó nànhe has been wandering and suffering hardships.

HSK 6

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难免会心性大乱

nán miǎn huì xīn xìng dà luànIt is inevitable that his temperament has become unstable.

HSK 5

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bù kě wàng duànand not judge him rashly.

HSK 1

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鸟尽弓藏兔死狗烹吗

niǎo jìn gōng cáng tù sǐ gǒu pēng mathat we might be cast aside once we've served our purpose?

HSK 5

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有原则讲道义

yǒu yuán zé jiǎng dào yìwas principled and righteous.

HSK 7

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是大胤天字号的功臣

shì dà yìn tiān zì hào de gōng chénHe was a top-tier meritorious official of Great Yin.

HSK 7

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到头来一切都成空

dào tóu lái yī qiè dōu chéng kōngIn the end, it was all for nothing.

HSK 5

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yòu néng rú héwhat good will it do?

HSK 7

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那祖父当初就不该将我送往西北

nà zǔ fù dāng chū jiù bù gāi jiāng wǒ sòng wǎng xī běiThen you shouldn't have sent me to the Northwest in the first place.

HSK 7

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祖父请你想清楚

zǔ fù qǐng nǐ xiǎng qīng chǔThink it through.

HSK 2

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是明君还是昏君

shì míng jūn hái shì hūn jūna wise ruler or a tyrant?

HSK 5

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叫人即刻围住书房

jiào rén jí kè wéi zhù shū fángHave men surround the study immediately.

HSK 5

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大人您干吗呀

dà rén nín gàn má yaMy Lord, what are you doing?

HSK 2

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小娘子别跑啊小娘子

xiǎo niáng zǐ bié pǎo a xiǎo niáng zǐDon't run away, little lady. Little lady!