What Does "动摇社稷之基" (dòng yáo shè jì zhī jī) Mean?

dòng动yáo摇shè社jì稷zhī之jī基

and shake the foundation of the state.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E10

Clip Timestamp

21:13

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	恐生流民之患	kǒng shēng liú mín zhī huàn	I fear it will cause a refugee crisis
2▶	动摇社稷之基	dòng yáo shè jì zhī jī	and shake the foundation of the state.
3	臣恳请陛下	chén kěn qǐng bì xià	Your Majesty, I implore you

More Clips From Episode

Total 278 clips (Page 6 of 14)

HSK 4

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确实已经两次牵连到你了

què shí yǐ jīng liǎng cì qiān lián dào nǐ lehave already dragged you in twice.

HSK 5

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与我家早些断干净

yǔ wǒ jiā zǎo xiē duàn gān jìngIf you cut ties with us sooner,

HSK 3

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也不信什么天煞孤星

yě bù xìn shén me tiān shā gū xīngnor in that nonsense about being a cursed star

HSK 7

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可以同我划清界限

kě yǐ tóng wǒ huà qīng jiè xiànjust because it's for my own good,

HSK 7

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你跟她也划清界限吗

nǐ gēn tā yě huà qīng jiè xiàn maAre you going to cut ties with her too?

HSK 1

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你也不是个逆来顺受的脾性

nǐ yě bú shì gè nì lái shùn shòu de pí xìngYou're not the type to take an insult lying down.

HSK 3

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我听王叔说过一句话

wǒ tīng wáng shū shuō guò yī jù huàThere's a saying I once heard from Mr. Wang:

HSK 6

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说是很多人犯了法

shuō shì hěn duō rén fàn le fǎIt means that if a large group of people breaks the law,

HSK 6

0:03s

官府是不会惩罚所有人的

guān fǔ shì bú huì chéng fá suǒ yǒu rén dethe authorities usually won't punish them all.

HSK 6

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如今在背后议论我的

rú jīn zài bèi hòu yì lùn wǒ deNow the whole town is gossiping about me

HSK 7

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但你若飞黄腾达了

dàn nǐ ruò fēi huáng téng dá leBut if you rise to power,

HSK 6

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就算干了伤天害理之事

jiù suàn gàn le shāng tiān hài lǐ zhī shìeven if you've done terrible things,

HSK 7

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也会有大帮子人上赶着巴结你

yě huì yǒu dà bāng zi rén shàng gǎn zhe bā jié nǐplenty of people will rush to flatter you.

HSK 2

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鬼神之说本就是迷惑人心的

guǐ shén zhī shuō běn jiù shì mí huò rén xīn deSuperstitions are just meant to confuse people.

HSK 7

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就像砸向康婆子那颗糖

jiù xiàng zá xiàng kāng pó zi nà kē tángLike the candy that hit Granny Kang just now—

HSK 7

0:03s

不过是鬼神在作怪罢了

bù guò shì guǐ shén zài zuò guài bà leit was just a ghost playing tricks.

HSK 5

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你可以同我说这些话

nǐ kě yǐ tóng wǒ shuō zhè xiē huàYou can say these things to me,

HSK 7

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跟赵大叔赵大娘一家子疏远了

gēn zhào dà shū zhào dà niáng yī jiā zǐ shū yuǎn lefrom Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao because of it,

HSK 6

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你别生气嘛

nǐ bié shēng qì maDon't be mad.

HSK 3

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给你买的糖也不是那样用的

gěi nǐ mǎi de táng yě bú shì nà yàng yòng deThe candy I bought you wasn't meant for that.