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

Total 164 clips (Page 8 of 9)

HSK 1

0:03s

乡里乡间谁都认识谁

xiāng lǐ xiāng jiān shéi dōu rèn shí shuíEveryone knows each other.

HSK 2

0:03s

就多只小猫小狗都知道

jiù duō zhǐ xiǎo māo xiǎo gǒu dōu zhī dàoWe'd notice even an extra stray cat or dog.

HSK 4

0:03s

你家中何人受伤

nǐ jiā zhōng hé rén shòu shāngWho is injured in your house?

HSK 6

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我前几日刚杀了一只猪

wǒ qián jǐ rì gāng shā le yī zhī zhūI just slaughtered a pig a few days ago.

HSK 6

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这樊家以前就是个杀猪的

zhè fán jiā yǐ qián jiù shì gè shā zhū dethe Fan family used to make a living by butchering pigs.

HSK 1

0:03s

你一个小娘子

nǐ yí gè xiǎo niáng zǐCan a young lady like you

HSK 6

0:03s

隐藏流民乃是重罪

yǐn cáng liú mín nǎi shì zhòng zuìthat hiding refugees is a felony,

HSK 3

0:03s

可是要全家流放

kě shì yào quán jiā liú fàngYour whole family could be exiled

HSK 4

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就只剩我和妹妹了

jiù zhǐ shèng wǒ hé mèi mèi lemy younger sister and me in the family.

HSK 5

0:03s

你是真有藏了流民是么

nǐ shì zhēn yǒu cáng le liú mín shì meDid you really hide a refugee?

HSK 2

0:03s

跟着你一起遭难吧

gēn zhe nǐ yì qǐ zāo nàn bato suffer with you, do you?

HSK 7

0:03s

你若是现在能把人交出来

nǐ ruò shì xiàn zài néng bǎ rén jiāo chū láiIf you hand the person over now,

HSK 7

0:03s

我还能帮你周旋一番

wǒ hái néng bāng nǐ zhōu xuán yī fānI can still put in a word for you.

HSK 7

0:03s

就当你是被贼人挟持了

jiù dāng nǐ shì bèi zéi rén xié chí leWe'll say you were coerced by him.

HSK 1

0:03s

我和妹妹在玩躲猫猫

wǒ hé mèi mèi zài wán duǒ māo māo[Fan] My sister and I were playing hide-and-seek.

HSK 4

0:03s

我都没来得及让她出来

wǒ dōu méi lái de jí ràng tā chū láiand I didn't have time to call her out of hiding.

HSK 5

0:03s

你去把猪圈那边也搜一搜

nǐ qù bǎ zhū quān nà biān yě sōu yī sōuYou, go search the pigsty over there.

HSK 5

0:03s

啥都让我搜

shá dōu ràng wǒ sōuWhy do I have to search this?

HSK 5

0:03s

破猪圈有啥可搜

pò zhū quān yǒu shá kě sōuWhat is there to search in a lousy pigsty?

HSK 5

0:03s

军爷小心猪咬人

jūn yé xiǎo xīn zhū yǎo rénSir, watch out. The pigs bite.