What Does "人心不足蛇吞象" (rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng) Mean?

rén人xīn心bù不zú足shé蛇tūn吞xiàng象

Ambition is never satisfied!

HSK Vocabulary

人H1 心H4 不H1 足H6 蛇H5 吞H6

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E4

Clip Timestamp

26:58

TMDB ID

258865

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	为了军功	wèi le jūn gōng	for military merit?
2▶	人心不足蛇吞象	rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng	Ambition is never satisfied!
3	我们脚下的蒴州	wǒ men jiǎo xià de shuò zhōu	The city under our feet

More Clips From Episode

Total 116 clips (Page 4 of 6)

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就没对我们说过什么实话

jiù méi duì wǒ men shuō guò shén me shí huàYou were never honest with any of us.

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你虚头巴脑掩掩饰饰老子不服

nǐ xū tóu bā nǎo yǎn yǎn shì shì lǎo zi bù fúyou're pretty flaky and quite evasive. I don't accept that!

若不是抱着必死的决心与敌军相争

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若不是抱着必死的决心与敌军相争

ruò bú shì bào zhe bì sǐ de jué xīn yǔ dí jūn xiāng zhēngIf they hadn't fought with the resolve to die,

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留有后计又有何用啊

liú yǒu hòu jì yòu yǒu hé yòng aa backup plan wouldn't help at all.

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而是将军算计中的一环

ér shì jiāng jūn suàn jì zhōng de yī huánThey were part of the General's plan.

苍什会从天降下身披火焰纹的红鸟

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苍什会从天降下身披火焰纹的红鸟

cāng shén huì cóng tiān jiàng xià shēn pī huǒ yàn wén de hóng niǎored birds with the flame pattern will be sent down from the heavens.

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崇人笃信红鸟降临

chóng rén dǔ xìn hóng niǎo jiàng línChong people firmly believe red birds

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我特意准备了那些鸽子

wǒ tè yì zhǔn bèi le nà xiē gē ziI had those pigeons prepared.

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该说你博学多才

gāi shuō nǐ bó xué duō cái(Is it because you're knowledgeable)

还是你根本就是个崇人将军你见多识广

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还是你根本就是个崇人将军你见多识广

hái shì nǐ gēn běn jiù shì gè chóng rén jiāng jūn nǐ jiàn duō shí guǎng(or is it because you're a Chong man?) General, you're quite knowledgeable

我老吴是个粗人这点无法与你相比

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我老吴是个粗人这点无法与你相比

wǒ lǎo wú shì gè cū rén zhè diǎn wú fǎ yǔ nǐ xiāng bǐwhile I'm merely uneducated. I'm no match for you.

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我相信将军已经有万全之策了吧

wǒ xiāng xìn jiāng jūn yǐ jīng yǒu wàn quán zhī cè le baI believe you've had a surefire plan.

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这回能否与我们一说呀是啊

zhè huí néng fǒu yǔ wǒ men yī shuō ya shì aWill you share it with us, please? Yeah.

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就是她帮忙推演的天时

jiù shì tā bāng máng tuī yǎn de tiān shíshe predicted the weather conditions.

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什么怎么能炸了关河呢

shén me zěn me néng zhà le guān hé neWhat? How can we do that?

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炸完不过几日河面又冻上了

zhà wán bù guò jǐ rì hé miàn yòu dòng shàng leIn a few days, the river will freeze again.

关河也不会在短时间之内立马冰封

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关河也不会在短时间之内立马冰封

guān hé yě bú huì zài duǎn shí jiān zhī nèi lì mǎ bīng fēngit will freeze again anytime soon.

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不能后退一步死守蒴州城

bù néng hòu tuì yī bù sǐ shǒu shuò zhōu chéngWe must not retreat. Defend Shuozhou at all costs?

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不可后退一步

bù kě hòu tuì yī bùWe must not retreat?

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这是闹着玩的吗

zhè shì nào zhe wán de maThis is no joke.