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 7 of 11)

HSK 5

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我们有粮食了

wǒ men yǒu liáng shí leWe have grain now! We have grain now!

HSK 6

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日后在哪里相见

rì hòu zài nǎ lǐ xiāng jiànWhere shall we meet again?

HSK 7

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这样的缘分我可不想错过

zhè yàng de yuán fēn wǒ kě bù xiǎng cuò guòI don't want to miss out on such a fate.

HSK 7

0:03s

百姓怨声载道

bǎi xìng yuàn shēng zài dàoprovoking widespread complaints among the people.

HSK 7

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一定给百姓一个交代

yí dìng gěi bǎi xìng yí gè jiāo dàito give the people an explanation.

HSK 6

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多亏了王捕头带人守在这里

duō kuī le wáng bǔ tóu dài rén shǒu zài zhè lǐIt's all thanks to you standing guard here with your men.

HSK 5

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粮食的问题解决了

liáng shí de wèn tí jiě jué leThe food issue is settled,

HSK 5

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那我们马家村十几条人命怎么赔

nà wǒ men mǎ jiā cūn shí jǐ tiáo rén mìng zěn me péibut how will you pay for the dozen lives lost in Ma Village?

HSK 5

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拿狗县令一家老小的命来赔吗

ná gǒu xiàn lìng yī jiā lǎo xiǎo de mìng lái péi maWith the lives of the bastard magistrate's whole family?

HSK 4

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就是对啊拿命来

jiù shì duì a ná mìng láiThat's right! -Pay with your lives! -Pay with your lives!

HSK 1

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你竟敢咒骂朝廷命官

nǐ jìng gǎn zhòu mà cháo tíng mìng guānHow dare you curse a court official!

HSK 4

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压根没把咱们当人看

yā gēn méi bǎ zán men dāng rén kànnever saw us as humans,

HSK 3

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以后就等着被这衙役给打死吧

yǐ hòu jiù děng zhe bèi zhè yá yì gěi dǎ sǐ bawe'll just be beaten to death by these police runners later.

HSK 3

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我家主子让我过来带句话

wǒ jiā zhǔ zi ràng wǒ guò lái dài jù huàMy master sent me to deliver a message.

HSK 7

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你以为把我押到这里

nǐ yǐ wéi bǎ wǒ yā dào zhè lǐYou think bringing me here

HSK 5

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就能阻止这一切了吗

jiù néng zǔ zhǐ zhè yī qiè le macan stop all this?

HSK 7

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不然就让你见识见识

bù rán jiù ràng nǐ jiàn shí jiàn shíotherwise you'd see

HSK 5

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过年猪是怎么放血的

guò nián zhū shì zěn me fàng xiě dehow we butcher pigs for the New Year.

HSK 5

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不然林安的百姓就要遭罪了

bù rán lín ān de bǎi xìng jiù yào zāo zuì le♪ The storm is rising ♪ or the people of Lin'an will suffer!

HSK 2

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贺敬元来得这么快

hè jìng yuán lái de zhè me kuàiHe Jingyuan arrived so quickly?