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

A man who's never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant—

HSK Vocabulary

人H1 心H4 不H1 足H6 蛇H5 吞H6

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E17

Clip Timestamp

28:30

TMDB ID

272432

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	那咱这买卖就不做了	nà zán zhè mǎi mài jiù bù zuò le	so we're giving up on this deal?
2▶	人心不足蛇吞象	rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng	A man who's never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant—
3	说的就是你啊	shuō de jiù shì nǐ a	that's exactly you.

More Clips From Episode

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而且还要血赤糊拉的

ér qiě hái yào xuè chì hú lā deand it will be bloody.

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先说说李茜的问题

xiān shuō shuō lǐ qiàn de wèn tíFirst, let's talk about Li Qian.

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周荣的确是被人给抢劫了

zhōu róng dí què shì bèi rén gěi qiǎng jié lethat Zhou Rong had indeed been robbed.

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敢入室抢劫周荣的

gǎn rù shì qiǎng jié zhōu róng deThey actually dared to break into Zhou Rong's house and rob him.

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应该放在这两个劫匪身上

yīng gāi fàng zài zhè liǎng gè jié fěi shēn shàngshould be on those 2 robbers.

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一定是解开案情的关键

yí dìng shì jiě kāi àn qíng de guān jiànthe key to cracking this case.

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假设有一个学生

jiǎ shè yǒu yí gè xué shēngsuppose a student

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但确实应该查朗博文啊

dàn què shí yīng gāi chá lǎng bó wén aBut we really should investigate Lang Bowen.

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叔知道你是好孩子

shū zhī dào nǐ shì hǎo hái ziI know you're a good kid.

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就是做事毛糙点

jiù shì zuò shì máo cāo diǎnYou're just a bit careless when you handle things.

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再这样喝要喝死人的

zài zhè yàng hē yào hē sǐ rén deHe'll drink himself to death if he goes on like this.

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难得博文今天这么开心

nán dé bó wén jīn tiān zhè me kāi xīnBowen is rarely this happy.

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泰山崩于前而色不变

tài shān bēng yú qián ér sè bù biàneven when Mount Tai collapses before him,

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猛虎趋于后而心不惊

měng hǔ qū yú hòu ér xīn bù jīngand remain unshaken even when a fierce tiger is behind him.

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连续输错十次密码

lián xù shū cuò shí cì mì mǎif you enter the wrong password 10 times in a row,

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那里边数据就都删了

nà lǐ biān shù jù jiù dōu shān leall the data inside will be wiped.

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哥带你去好好享受生活

gē dài nǐ qù hǎo hǎo xiǎng shòu shēng huóI'll take you somewhere else to enjoy life.

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那咱们明天走

nà zán men míng tiān zǒuThen if we leave tomorrow,

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回家去找你们妈去

huí jiā qù zhǎo nǐ men mā qùGo home and find your own mothers.

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三江口一哥

sān jiāng kǒu yī gēnumber one of Sanjiangkou.