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 7 of 14)

HSK 1

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尤其是在这朝堂之上

yóu qí shì zài zhè cháo táng zhī shàngEspecially in court,

HSK 3

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大人说得是

dà rén shuō dé shìYou are right, My Lord.

HSK 3

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爱到处撒尿拉屎

ài dào chù sā niào lā shǐthat like to piss and shit everywhere,

HSK 3

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这再干净的地方也脏了

zhè zài gān jìng de dì fāng yě zāng lemaking even the cleanest place dirty.

HSK 5

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你说谁是猪呢

nǐ shuō shuí shì zhū neWho are you calling a pig?

HSK 2

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所言虽然直白了一些

suǒ yán suī rán zhí bái le yī xiēYour words are blunt,

HSK 5

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却也有几分道理啊

què yě yǒu jǐ fēn dào lǐ abut they make some sense.

HSK 4

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口舌之利可不能当战功

kǒu shé zhī lì kě bù néng dāng zhàn gōngSharp words do not count as military merit.

HSK 5

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应当以保家卫国为己任

yīng dāng yǐ bǎo jiā wèi guó wèi jǐ rènyour duty is to protect the country,

HSK 2

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李太傅说得是

lǐ tài fù shuō dé shìYou are right, Grand Tutor Li.

HSK 3

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末将当然知道保家卫国的重要了

mò jiāng dāng rán zhī dào bǎo jiā wèi guó de zhòng yào leOf course I know the importance of protecting the country.

HSK 7

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但边陲百姓受苦受难之时

dàn biān chuí bǎi xìng shòu kǔ shòu nàn zhī shíBut when the people on the border were suffering,

HSK 3

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李太傅又在何处说风凉话

lǐ tài fù yòu zài hé chù shuō fēng liáng huàwhere were you making snide remarks, Grand Tutor Li?

HSK 6

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樊将军这性格果然是直爽

fán jiāng jūn zhè xìng gé guǒ rán shì zhí shuǎngGeneral Fan certainly has a straightforward character,

HSK 7

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完全不同于寻常女子

wán quán bù tóng yú xún cháng nǚ zǐcompletely different from ordinary women.

HSK 7

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理应对其宽容才是

lǐ yìng duì qí kuān róng cái shìshould be tolerant of her.

HSK 7

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日后再议罢了

rì hòu zài yì bà lewe shall discuss it another day.

HSK 1

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duō xiè wèi xiāngThank you, Prime Minister Wei.

HSK 6

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多亏了魏相的宽宏大量

duō kuī le wèi xiāng de kuān hóng dà liàngis thanks to your magnanimity.

HSK 6

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朝堂和杀猪一样

cháo táng hé shā zhū yī yàngThe Imperial Court is like butchering pigs.