What Does "我不得不以下犯上" (wǒ bù dé bù yǐ xià fàn shàng) Mean?

wǒ我bù不dé得bù不yǐ以xià下fàn犯shàng上

I had no choice but to offend my superiors

HSK Vocabulary

我H1 不得不H4 以下H3

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E16

Clip Timestamp

24:03

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	作为父母官	zuò wéi fù mǔ guān	As your magistrate,
2▶	我不得不以下犯上	wǒ bù dé bù yǐ xià fàn shàng	I had no choice but to offend my superiors
3	绑了这些军爷	bǎng le zhè xiē jūn yé	and tie up these soldiers

More Clips From Episode

Total 202 clips (Page 10 of 11)

HSK 6

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日后定是用得上我

rì hòu dìng shì yòng dé shàng wǒyou will definitely need me in the future.

HSK 3

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侯爷能信老师

hóu yé néng xìn lǎo shīSince you can trust my teacher,

HSK 3

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李大人心里不明白吗

lǐ dà rén xīn lǐ bù míng bái maDon't you know why, Lord Li?

HSK 7

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我乃祖父派来策反魏党之人

wǒ nǎi zǔ fù pài lái cè fǎn wèi dǎng zhī rénI was sent by my grandfather to subvert the Wei faction?

HSK 6

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难免与魏党会有意见相左

nán miǎn yǔ wèi dǎng huì yǒu yì jiàn xiāng zuǒIt's inevitable to have disagreements with the Wei faction.

HSK 6

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可我有我之所求

kě wǒ yǒu wǒ zhī suǒ qiúBut I have my own pursuit,

HSK 7

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乃是天下太平

nǎi shì tiān xià tài píngwhich is peace for the land

HSK 4

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百姓不再受战乱之苦

bǎi xìng bù zài shòu zhàn luàn zhī kǔand freedom from war for the people.

HSK 2

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就是狗苟蝇营之辈

jiù shì gǒu gǒu yíng yíng zhī bèijust a bunch of petty opportunists.

HSK 3

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侯爷是打算即刻回往焉州军营吗

hóu yé shì dǎ suàn jí kè huí wǎng yān zhōu jūn yíng maDo you plan to return to the Yanzhou Military Camp immediately?

HSK 4

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我会与恩师一起坐镇卢城

wǒ huì yǔ ēn shī yì qǐ zuò zhèn lú chéngI will stay in Lucheng with my teacher

HSK 4

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与长信王决一死战

yǔ zhǎng xìn wáng jué yī sǐ zhànto fight to the death against Lord Changxin.

HSK 4

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等你想明白自己到底应该姓什么

děng nǐ xiǎng míng bái zì jǐ dào dǐ yīng gāi xìng shén meWhen you figure out what your surname should really be,

HSK 4

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再来找本侯谈合谋

zài lái zhǎo běn hóu tán hé móucome to me to discuss cooperation.

HSK 5

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或许是权宜之计

huò xǔ shì quán yí zhī jìonly a compromise for you,

HSK 7

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却是一人真心错付

què shì yī rén zhēn xīn cuò fùit means her sincerity is misplaced.

HSK 3

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就不劳烦李大人费心了

jiù bù láo fán lǐ dà rén fèi xīn leYou don't need to worry about it.

HSK 7

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都说千年王八万年龟

dōu shuō qiān nián wáng bā wàn nián guīPeople say that villains live long.

HSK 4

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那龟孙沉底之后不会不死吧

nà guī sūn chén dǐ zhī hòu bú huì bù sǐ baThat bastard won't survive after falling into the river, will he?

HSK 7

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我去逮县令的时候

wǒ qù dǎi xiàn lìng de shí hòuwhen I went to catch the magistrate,