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 4 of 11)

HSK 5

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大家现在各自回家去

dà jiā xiàn zài gè zì huí jiā qùEveryone, go home now!

HSK 6

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官府也不会再追究了

guān fǔ yě bú huì zài zhuī jiū lethe government won't pursue it further.

HSK 5

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莫要被那县令的走狗给骗了去

mò yào bèi nà xiàn lìng de zǒu gǒu gěi piàn le qùDon't be fooled by that magistrate's lackey!

HSK 7

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就是和马家村一样的下场

jiù shì hé mǎ jiā cūn yī yàng de xià chǎngis the same fate as Ma Village!

HSK 7

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乡亲们给我杀进城去

xiāng qīn men gěi wǒ shā jìn chéng qùFolks! Let's charge into the city [Qingping]

HSK 3

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官府一定会从严查办

guān fǔ yí dìng huì cóng yán chá bànthe government will punish those responsible strictly

HSK 6

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再上前者放箭了

zài shàng qián zhě fàng jiàn leOr we'll shoot!

HSK 5

0:03s

主子大事不好了

zhǔ zi dà shì bù hǎo leMaster, bad news.

HSK 3

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贺敬元不是被魏宣那草包

hè jìng yuán bú shì bèi wèi xuān nà cǎo bāoWasn't He Jingyuan imprisoned

HSK 5

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好一个武安侯

hǎo yí gè wǔ ān hóuWhat a Marquis of Wu'an.

HSK 7

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不枉费主子苦心筹谋

bù wǎng fèi zhǔ zi kǔ xīn chóu móuYour painstaking planning wasn't in vain.

HSK 4

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只要百姓死得越多

zhǐ yào bǎi xìng sǐ dé yuè duōThe more civilians die,

HSK 6

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逼反全县百姓

bī fǎn quán xiàn bǎi xìngdriving the whole county to rebellion.

HSK 5

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怕是已经遇到了他真正的对手

pà shì yǐ jīng yù dào le tā zhēn zhèng de duì shǒushould have already met his true opponent.

HSK 4

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听着只要我死了

tīng zhe zhǐ yào wǒ sǐ leListen up! If I die,

HSK 4

0:03s

这县衙所有人都得给我陪葬

zhè xiàn yá suǒ yǒu rén dōu dé gěi wǒ péi zàngeveryone in this county office will die with me!

HSK 5

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今日来就为屠城

jīn rì lái jiù wèi tú chéngThey've come today to massacre the city.

HSK 3

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我现在就把你抓到城楼上

wǒ xiàn zài jiù bǎ nǐ zhuā dào chéng lóu shàngI'll drag you to the gate tower right now,

HSK 1

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小爷记住你了

xiǎo yé jì zhù nǐ leI'll remember you.

HSK 4

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你最好记住自己是怎么死的

nǐ zuì hǎo jì zhù zì jǐ shì zěn me sǐ deYou'd better remember how you will die.