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

Total 47 clips (Page 1 of 3)

HSK 2

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我这就去给你整钱去

wǒ zhè jiù qù gěi nǐ zhěng qián qùI'll go get the money for you right away.

HSK 3

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声这叫得还挺大的

shēng zhè jiào dé hái tǐng dà deYeah. That's pretty loud.

HSK 4

0:03s

留下点回忆行不行

liú xià diǎn huí yì xíng bù xíngLet me keep some memories, okay?

HSK 4

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一个破手机给你

yí gè pò shǒu jī gěi nǐIt's just a shabby phone anyway. Here you are. ♪ Bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny ♪

HSK 4

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等您醒来我们再联系

děng nín xǐng lái wǒ men zài lián xìWe'll contact you when you wake up.

HSK 6

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警察你就能私闯民宅啊

jǐng chá nǐ jiù néng sī chuǎng mín zhái aDoes being police mean you can just trespass into a private residence?

HSK 2

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你不能让她赤手空拳地

nǐ bù néng ràng tā chì shǒu kōng quán dìYou can't expect her to confront them

HSK 1

0:03s

怎么还给他打电话

zěn me huán gěi tā dǎ diàn huàWhy call him at a time like this?

HSK 4

0:03s

您太能开玩笑了

nín tài néng kāi wán xiào leyou must be joking.

HSK 2

0:03s

那您想让我怎么做呢

nà nín xiǎng ràng wǒ zěn me zuò neWhat do you want me to do then?

HSK 5

0:03s

您拨打的用户忙

nín bō dǎ dī yòng hù mángthe user you dialed is busy.

HSK 7

0:03s

一点察觉都没有

yì diǎn chá jué dōu méi yǒuYou didn't even notice a thing!

HSK 6

0:03s

刘背坏了江湖规矩

liú bèi huài le jiāng hú guī jǔLiu Bei broke the rules of our trade.

HSK 1

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这江湖凶险

zhè jiāng hú xiōng xiǎnthe underworld is dangerous,

HSK 7

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但是也容易让人上瘾哪

dàn shì yě róng yì ràng rén shàng yǐn nǎbut it's also addictive

HSK 6

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因为魅力十足

yīn wèi mèi lì shí zúbecause it's so charming.

HSK 5

0:03s

我就怕出意外呀

wǒ jiù pà chū yì wài yajust in case.

HSK 6

0:03s

定位仪在动说明什么呀

dìng wèi yí zài dòng shuō míng shén me yathe tracker was moving. What does that tell us?

HSK 4

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刘背他跑不了

liú bèi tā pǎo bù liǎoLiu Bei can't get away.

HSK 6

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杀肯定要杀

shā kěn dìng yào shāOf course we'll kill him,