What Does "倒是给朝廷省了一笔开销" (dǎo shì gěi cháo tíng shěng le yī bǐ kāi xiāo) Mean?

dǎo倒shì是gěi给cháo朝tíng廷shěng省le了yī一bǐ笔kāi开xiāo销

How kind of you to save the court the expense.

HSK Vocabulary

倒是H6 给H1 了H1 一H1 笔H2 开销H7

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E6

Clip Timestamp

6:23

TMDB ID

289271

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	给自己提前备下了寿材？	gěi zì jǐ tí qián bèi xià le shòu cái ？	So you've prepared your own coffin?
2▶	倒是给朝廷省了一笔开销	dǎo shì gěi cháo tíng shěng le yī bǐ kāi xiāo	How kind of you to save the court the expense.
3	上好的金丝楠木啊	shàng hǎo de jīn sī nán mù a	Such prime golden-thread nanmu.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 4

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最重要的还是耐心哪

zuì zhòng yào de hái shì nài xīn nǎpatience is the true essence of Weiqi games.

HSK 4

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太傅信心满满

tài fù xìn xīn mǎn mǎnAt the start of this match, you were full of confidence,

HSK 5

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能入太傅的眼吗？

néng rù tài fù de yǎn ma ？Do my skills meet with your approval?

HSK 6

0:03s

谢大人棋艺高超

xiè dà rén qí yì gāo chāoYour skill…

HSK 2

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- 自是不凡 - 那就好

- zì shì bù fán - nà jiù hǎo- is exceptional. - Good.

HSK 6

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不如谢某多摆几盘

bù rú xiè mǒu duō bǎi jǐ pánI shall set several games in motion.

HSK 6

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只不过这棋局塞得太满

zhǐ bù guò zhè qí jú sāi dé tài mǎnBut a board too full leaves no clear opening.

HSK 7

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当心看不清自己的活路

dāng xīn kàn bù qīng zì jǐ de huó lùBeware lest you find no way out.

HSK 3

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可有哪里不舒服？

kě yǒu nǎ lǐ bù shū fú ？Are you in any pain?

HSK 7

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本以为万无一失

běn yǐ wéi wàn wú yī shīI thought it was foolproof.

HSK 3

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本就不是那么容易下的

běn jiù bú shì nà me róng yì xià deThe game at court is never that simple.

HSK 4

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说吧你想我怎么还这份情？

shuō ba nǐ xiǎng wǒ zěn me hái zhè fèn qíng ？Tell me. How do you want me to repay this debt?

HSK 6

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我可以满足你一个心愿

wǒ kě yǐ mǎn zú nǐ yí gè xīn yuànI can grant you one wish.

HSK 4

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我这人一生不信神佛

wǒ zhè rén yī shēng bù xìn shén fóI've never believed in divinity.

HSK 5

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也没有什么想达成的事情吗？

yě méi yǒu shén me xiǎng dá chéng de shì qíng ma ？Then is there nothing you wish to achieve?

HSK 5

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等你想好了想要什么再来同我取

děng nǐ xiǎng hǎo le xiǎng yào shén me zài lái tóng wǒ qǔWhen you decide what you want, just come to me.

HSK 5

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以你的身手不应该伤这么重的

yǐ nǐ de shēn shǒu bù yīng gāi shāng zhè me zhòng deWith your skills, you shouldn't be this badly hurt.

HSK 4

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那日在船上到底发生了什么？

nà rì zài chuán shàng dào dǐ fā shēng le shén me ？What really happened that day?

HSK 6

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一时不察被偷袭

yī shí bù chá bèi tōu xíI let my guard down and got ambushed.

HSK 5

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他们只会用这些阴险下作的手段

tā men zhǐ huì yòng zhè xiē yīn xiǎn xià zuò de shǒu duànThey only resort to such despicable tricks.