What Does "摊子不能铺得太大" (tān zi bù néng pù dé tài dà) Mean?

tān摊zi子bù不néng能pù铺dé得tài太dà大

We can't spread ourselves too thin.

HSK Vocabulary

铺H6 得H2 太H1 大H1

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E36

Clip Timestamp

1:51

TMDB ID

282558

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	该收一收了	gāi shōu yī shōu le	It's time to pull back.
2▶	摊子不能铺得太大	tān zi bù néng pù dé tài dà	We can't spread ourselves too thin.
3	这一次	zhè yī cì	This time,

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 3

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这点你跟她挺像的

zhè diǎn nǐ gēn tā tǐng xiàng deYou're just like her in that way.

HSK 2

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你就是我的孩子了

nǐ jiù shì wǒ de hái zi leyou became my child.

HSK 3

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你弟刚才说的都是气话

nǐ dì gāng cái shuō de dōu shì qì huàYour brother was just saying that out of anger.

HSK 1

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我知道你妈我知道

wǒ zhī dào nǐ mā wǒ zhī dàoI know you... Mom, I know.

HSK 2

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但是妈不敢想啊

dàn shì mā bù gǎn xiǎng aBut I'm afraid to even think about it.

HSK 4

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要是白及真走到那一步

yào shì bái jí zhēn zǒu dào nà yī bùIf Bai Ji really goes that far...

HSK 3

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他现在能做成这样也不容易啊

tā xiàn zài néng zuò chéng zhè yàng yě bù róng yì aIt isn't easy for him to get where he is today.

HSK 1

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说到头了他也没做错

shuō dào tóu le tā yě méi zuò cuòwhen it comes down to it, he didn't do anything wrong.

可能是这些年咱们的好日子过多了

HSK 3

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可能是这些年咱们的好日子过多了

kě néng shì zhè xiē nián zán men de hǎo rì zi guò duō leMaybe these years, we've had it too good,

HSK 3

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咱们啊什么都可以丢

zán men a shén me dōu kě yǐ diūWe can lose everything else,

HSK 7

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但是不能把做人的骨气给丢了

dàn shì bù néng bǎ zuò rén de gǔ qì gěi diū lebut we can't lose our integrity.

可是这话我当着白及我说不出口啊

HSK 5

0:03s

可是这话我当着白及我说不出口啊

kě shì zhè huà wǒ dāng zhe bái jí wǒ shuō bù chū kǒu aBut I can't bring myself to say this to Bai Ji's face.

HSK 3

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我也不知道该怎么办了

wǒ yě bù zhī dào gāi zěn me bàn leI don't know what to do anymore.

HSK 2

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手心手背都是肉

shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròushe loves you both equally.

HSK 3

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白菊如果不是一家人就好了

bái jú rú guǒ bú shì yī jiā rén jiù hǎo leBai Ju... If we weren't kin, things would be easier.

HSK 1

0:03s

真的要搭上白及

zhēn de yào dā shàng bái jído I really have to sacrifice Bai Ji,

HSK 1

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我不是这个家里的人呢

wǒ bú shì zhè ge jiā lǐ de rén neand I wasn't part of this family...

HSK 3

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可我也是个女儿

kě wǒ yě shì gè nǚ érBut I'm also a daughter,

HSK 5

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我这次真的不怪白及

wǒ zhè cì zhēn de bù guài bái jíI really don't blame Bai Ji this time.

HSK 4

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孟耀辉这次敢挑明

mèng yào huī zhè cì gǎn tiǎo míngMeng Yaohui dared to bring it into the open this time,