What Does "都说养儿防老" (dōu shuō yǎng ér fáng lǎo) Mean?

dōu都shuō说yǎng养ér儿fáng防lǎo老

They say you raise a son so they can

HSK Vocabulary

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E22

Clip Timestamp

5:11

TMDB ID

272432

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	老头子	lǎo tóu zi	Old man.
2▶	都说养儿防老	dōu shuō yǎng ér fáng lǎo	They say you raise a son so they can
3	养儿防老	yǎng ér fáng lǎo	take care of you in your old age.

More Clips From Episode

Total 52 clips (Page 2 of 3)

HSK 7

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就麻烦文哥帮我跑一趟

jiù má fán wén gē bāng wǒ pǎo yī tàngthe phone deal errand.

HSK 7

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这两个人怎么处置

zhè liǎng gè rén zěn me chǔ zhìAs for those two,

HSK 2

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你为什么那么不上心啊

nǐ wèi shén me nà me bù shàng xīn aabout this phone at all?

HSK 4

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我上心我上着心呢

wǒ shàng xīn wǒ shàng zhe xīn neI do care. I care a lot.

HSK 5

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这是我的原则呀

zhè shì wǒ de yuán zé yaThat's my principle.

HSK 5

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是不是有人要干我们呀

shì bú shì yǒu rén yào gàn wǒ men yathat someone is targeting us.

HSK 5

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躲是没有用的

duǒ shì méi yǒu yòng deHiding is useless.

HSK 6

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因为卢正就不是我杀的

yīn wèi lú zhèng jiù bú shì wǒ shā deBecause I didn't kill Lu Zheng.

HSK 5

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他就是被车撞死的

tā jiù shì bèi chē zhuàng sǐ deHe was hit by a car.

HSK 7

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本来他拿我没辙

běn lái tā ná wǒ méi zhéHe couldn't do anything to me before.

HSK 4

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千万别说自己是谁

qiān wàn bié shuō zì jǐ shì shuíWhatever you do, don't tell them who you are.

HSK 7

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谁让我是文哥呢

shuí ràng wǒ shì wén gē neI'm Number One after all.

HSK 7

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您可真是个好哥哥

nín kě zhēn shì gè hǎo gē gēYou really are a good brother.

HSK 3

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明天我说我最近咳血

míng tiān wǒ shuō wǒ zuì jìn ké xiěTomorrow, I'll say I've been coughing up blood lately.

HSK 3

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荣哥还能不放我去省城

róng gē hái néng bù fàng wǒ qù shěng chéngMr. Zhou will have to let me go to the provincial capital

HSK 1

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仁哥来来来请坐

rén gē lái lái lái qǐng zuòRen, please have a seat.

HSK 3

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荣哥准备把他给做了

róng gē zhǔn bèi bǎ tā gěi zuò leMr. Zhou is planning to take him out.

HSK 4

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荣哥自己去太危险了

róng gē zì jǐ qù tài wēi xiǎn leIt's too dangerous for Mr. Zhou to go alone.

HSK 5

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我绝对不会和任何人说

wǒ jué duì bú huì hé rèn hé rén shuōthe night Ye Jian died.

HSK 2

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让你哥给一波打个电话

ràng nǐ gē gěi yī bō dǎ gè diàn huàAsk your brother to call Yibo.