What Does "只能死马当活马医了" (zhǐ néng sǐ mǎ dāng huó mǎ yī le) Mean?

zhǐ只néng能sǐ死mǎ马dāng当huó活mǎ马yī医le了

I have to try, even if it's a long shot.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E1

Clip Timestamp

12:32

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	我好歹也跟着大叔出去治过病	wǒ hǎo dǎi yě gēn zhe dà shū chū qù zhì guò bìng	I've gone out to treat patients with Mr. Zhao before, after all.
2▶	只能死马当活马医了	zhǐ néng sǐ mǎ dāng huó mǎ yī le	I have to try, even if it's a long shot.
3	宁娘去打碗热水	níng niáng qù dǎ wǎn rè shuǐ	Changning, go fetch a bowl of hot water.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 3

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咱们哪一会儿就开席

zán men nǎ yī huì er jiù kāi xíWe'll be ready to feast in a moment.

HSK 6

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还不是因为可怜孩子嘛

hái bú shì yīn wèi kě lián hái zi maOut of pity, of course.

HSK 7

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还好长玉她有出息

hái hǎo zhǎng yù tā yǒu chū xīLuckily, Changyu is capable.

HSK 7

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杀猪养家糊口

shā zhū yǎng jiā hú kǒubutchering pigs to support the family.

HSK 6

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愣是把樊家给撑起来了

lèng shì bǎ fán jiā gěi chēng qǐ lái leShe's held the family together all on her own.

HSK 3

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你说樊家夫妻人这么好

nǐ shuō fán jiā fū qī rén zhè me hǎoThe Fan couple were such good people.

HSK 2

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怎的就遇上这种事

zěn de jiù yù shàng zhè zhǒng shìHow did they meet such a fate?

HSK 7

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就是这丫头片子克的

jiù shì zhè yā tou piān zi kè deIt was all because of that girl. She cursed them.

HSK 2

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你看那樊二娘子长得那么好看

nǐ kàn nà fán èr niáng zǐ zhǎng dé nà me hǎo kànLook at how beautiful Fan Erniu's wife was.

HSK 6

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要不怎么能嫁给樊二一杀猪的呀

yào bù zěn me néng jià gěi fán èr yī shā zhū de yaOtherwise, how would she ever marry a butcher like Fan Erniu?

HSK 7

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可那一身子的劲啊

kě nà yī shēn zi de jìn abut she has such strength.

HSK 4

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算出个天煞孤星的命

suàn chū gè tiān shā gū xīng de mìng-She was born under a cursed star. -I haven't heard of that.

HSK 7

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你看她太不像话了

nǐ kàn tā tài bù xiàng huà leLook at her! That's outrageous!

HSK 2

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这老娘哪点说错了

zhè lǎo niáng nǎ diǎn shuō cuò leWhat did I say wrong?

HSK 2

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你你就是个煞星

nǐ nǐ jiù shì gè shà xīngYou... you are a jinx!

HSK 4

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克走了未婚夫不说了不说了

kè zǒu le wèi hūn fū bù shuō le bù shuō le-You drove your fiancé away! -Come on, stop talking.

HSK 2

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你妹子生下来就是个病秧子

nǐ mèi zi shēng xià lái jiù shì gè bìng yāng ziYour sister was born sickly—

HSK 3

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我家里刚办完丧事

wǒ jiā lǐ gāng bàn wán sāng shìMy family just had a funeral,

HSK 7

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你不介意还请我来杀猪

nǐ bù jiè yì hái qǐng wǒ lái shā zhūand you didn't mind. Hiring me anyway

HSK 5

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这猪下水啊你拿着吧

zhè zhū xià shuǐ a nǐ ná zhe baTake the pork offal.