What Does "简直不成气候" (jiǎn zhí bù chéng qì hòu) Mean?

jiǎn简zhí直bù不chéng成qì气hòu候

Utterly pathetic.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E29

Clip Timestamp

3:24

TMDB ID

239901

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	想必是要给我们个下马威呀下马威连面都不敢露	xiǎng bì shì yào gěi wǒ men gè xià mǎ wēi ya xià mǎ wēi lián miàn dōu bù gǎn lù	He must be trying to show us who's boss. Show us who's boss? He doesn't even dare to show his face.
2▶	简直不成气候	jiǎn zhí bù chéng qì hòu	Utterly pathetic.
3	你们怎么来了	nǐ men zěn me lái le	What brings you here?

More Clips From Episode

Total 91 clips (Page 3 of 5)

HSK 7

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实在令人惋惜呀

shí zài lìng rén wǎn xī yaIt's truly a pity.

HSK 5

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原来是为了这个呀

yuán lái shì wèi le zhè ge yaSo you're here for this.

HSK 1

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城主说笑了

chéng zhǔ shuō xiào leYou must be joking, Your Excellency.

HSK 7

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不得不多加防范

bù dé bù duō jiā fáng fànI had to take extra precautions.

HSK 7

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wēi chén bù gǎnI wouldn't dare.

HSK 2

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郑家刚出了这么大的事

zhèng jiā gāng chū le zhè me dà de shìOur Zheng family just went through a major event

HSK 7

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经不起太多的风波

jīng bù qǐ tài duō de fēng bōand can't withstand too much turmoil.

还想让我们齐家军向其讨教一二呢

HSK 5

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还想让我们齐家军向其讨教一二呢

hái xiǎng ràng wǒ men qí jiā jūn xiàng qí tǎo jiào yī èr neI even wish my troops could learn a thing or two from them.

HSK 7

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也让我好好见识见识

yě ràng wǒ hǎo hǎo jiàn shí jiàn shíI'll get to properly witness

HSK 6

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怎么郑公不会连这个都不允许吧

zěn me zhèng gōng bú huì lián zhè ge dōu bù yǔn xǔ baWhat, surely you wouldn't disallow this, would you?

HSK 2

0:03s

bù gǎn bù cóngwouldn't dare disobey.

HSK 7

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祖父今天可是干了件大事儿

zǔ fù jīn tiān kě shì gàn le jiàn dà shì érGrandfather did a great thing today.

HSK 4

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竟然想跟我玩消耗战

jìng rán xiǎng gēn wǒ wán xiāo hào zhànHe actually wants to play a war of attrition with me.

HSK 2

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也不看看我打过多少仗

yě bù kàn kàn wǒ dǎ guò duō shǎo zhàngDoesn't he know how many battles I've fought?

HSK 2

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但是我听城主这口风

dàn shì wǒ tīng chéng zhǔ zhè kǒu fēngBut listening to the governor's tone,

HSK 3

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就是我们的囊中之物

jiù shì wǒ men de náng zhōng zhī wùwill be in the bag.

HSK 3

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叔祖父若无他事我就先回屋了

shū zǔ fù ruò wú tā shì wǒ jiù xiān huí wū leIf there's nothing else, I'll return to my room.

HSK 5

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果然人走茶凉

guǒ rán rén zǒu chá liáng"Gone today, forgotten tomorrow," huh?

HSK 7

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免得落入他人之手

miǎn de luò rù tā rén zhī shǒuLest it falls into the wrong hands.

连城守死亡的消息都可以瞒得密不透风

HSK 7

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连城守死亡的消息都可以瞒得密不透风

lián chéng shǒu sǐ wáng de xiāo xī dōu kě yǐ mán dé mì bù tòu fēngEven the gate commander's death could be kept completely under wraps.