What Does "这样的一个人不显山不露水" (zhè yàng de yí gè rén bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ) Mean?

zhè这yàng样de的yí一gè个rén人 bù不xiǎn显shān山bù不lù露shuǐ水

A man like him, who keeps a low profile,

HSK Vocabulary

这样H2 的H1 人H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E3

Clip Timestamp

10:24

TMDB ID

289271

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	其实暗中囤积私兵扩大权势	qí shí àn zhōng tún jī sī bīng kuò dà quán shì	But he secretly gathered private troops and expanded his power.
2▶	这样的一个人不显山不露水	zhè yàng de yí gè rén bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ	A man like him, who keeps a low profile,
3	却更容易笑到最后	què gèng róng yì xiào dào zuì hòu	is more likely to have the last laugh.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 6

0:03s

恭喜长公主得偿所愿

gōng xǐ zhǎng gōng zhǔ dé cháng suǒ yuànYour Highness, congratulations on getting what you want.

HSK 7

0:03s

荣华富贵你也如愿以偿

róng huá fù guì nǐ yě rú yuàn yǐ chángYou got wealth and honor as you had longed for.

HSK 5

0:03s

píng ān jiù hǎoGlad she's safe.

HSK 6

0:03s

这于礼不合啊

zhè yú lǐ bù hé athis is inappropriate.

HSK 2

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郎中令莫不是忘了

láng zhōng lìng mò bú shì wàng leChamberlain, don't you remember what happened before?

HSK 3

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谢大人还没走？

xiè dà rén hái méi zǒu ？Mr. Xie, still here?

私下里唤他一声乳名也是理所应当

HSK 3

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私下里唤他一声乳名也是理所应当

sī xià lǐ huàn tā yī shēng rǔ míng yě shì lǐ suǒ yīng dāngYou can call him by his nickname in private.

HSK 6

0:03s

长公主能有今日靠的不是谢氏

zhǎng gōng zhǔ néng yǒu jīn rì kào de bú shì xiè shìYou didn't get where you are by relying on my clan.

HSK 6

0:03s

反而谢氏靠的是长公主

fǎn ér xiè shì kào de shì zhǎng gōng zhǔInstead, my clan relied on you.

HSK 6

0:03s

既然一脉连枝何须繁文缛节？

jì rán yī mài lián zhī hé xū fán wén rù jié ？Since we're in the same boat, forget about the formalities.

HSK 4

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却更容易笑到最后

què gèng róng yì xiào dào zuì hòuis more likely to have the last laugh.

HSK 4

0:03s

莫不是臣衣冠不整？

mò bú shì chén yī guān bù zhěng ？Am I untidily dressed?

HSK 7

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本宫还等着三公子指点一二呢

běn gōng hái děng zhe sān gōng zi zhǐ diǎn yī èr neI'm waiting for you to advise me on what the Lord of Xiaonan will do next.

HSK 6

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狼子野心已然昭昭

láng zi yě xīn yǐ rán zhāo zhāoHis ambition is all too evident.

HSK 1

0:03s

我们不能先发制人吗？

wǒ men bù néng xiān fā zhì rén ma ？Can't we strike first?

HSK 7

0:03s

伤心欲绝病缠卧榻

shāng xīn yù jué bìng chán wò tàand bedridden over the late Emperor's death.

HSK 5

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如今朔漠在边郡也是虎视眈眈

rú jīn shuò mò zài biān jùn yě shì hǔ shì dān dānfoes from the Northern Desert are lurking on the frontier.

HSK 6

0:03s

新朝主少国疑内忧外患

xīn cháo zhǔ shào guó yí nèi yōu wài huànNew court, young emperor. Internal and external troubles.

HSK 6

0:03s

zhǎng jiě rú mǔShe's like my mother.

HSK 7

0:03s

总有一天我要亲手杀了他们

zǒng yǒu yī tiān wǒ yào qīn shǒu shā le tā menOne day, I'll kill them with my own hands