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

Total 129 clips (Page 5 of 7)

HSK 5

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我也很想念我阿爹

wǒ yě hěn xiǎng niàn wǒ ā diēI miss him terribly too

HSK 5

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都在拼了命地活着

dōu zài pīn le mìng dì huó zhewas fighting desperately to stay alive,

HSK 7

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活着才算本事

huó zhe cái suàn běn shìLiving takes true strength.

HSK 3

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能听到你讲这么多话

néng tīng dào nǐ jiǎng zhè me duō huàI'm glad to hear you speak your mind.

HSK 5

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也谢谢你跟我分享你的过去

yě xiè xiè nǐ gēn wǒ fēn xiǎng nǐ de guò qùand for sharing your past with me.

那谢统领这盒红豆糕你就拎回去吧

HSK 7

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那谢统领这盒红豆糕你就拎回去吧

nà xiè tǒng lǐng zhè hé hóng dòu gāo nǐ jiù līn huí qù baThen please take this box of red bean cakes.

HSK 7

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我今天说的话一直算数

wǒ jīn tiān shuō de huà yì zhí suàn shùWhat I said today still stands.

以后你有什么愿望都可以来跟我许

HSK 7

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以后你有什么愿望都可以来跟我许

yǐ hòu nǐ yǒu shén me yuàn wàng dōu kě yǐ lái gēn wǒ xǔwhatever wish you hold, you may ask it of me.

HSK 7

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不管是踏遍刀山火海

bù guǎn shì tà biàn dāo shān huǒ hǎiCome fire or high water,

HSK 5

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我都会帮你实现的

wǒ dū huì bāng nǐ shí xiàn deI will see it fulfilled.

HSK 5

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言出必行决不反悔

yán chū bì xíng jué bù fǎn huǐI honor my promises and never renege.

HSK 4

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要将我赶尽杀绝啊

yào jiāng wǒ gǎn jìn shā jué abut Chu Ling's daughter seeks to finish me off for good.

HSK 2

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高阳谢氏虎视眈眈

gāo yáng xiè shì hǔ shì dān dānThe Xie Clan of Gaoyang eyes us with greed.

HSK 7

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真的是高啊此番朝堂变故

zhēn de shì gāo a cǐ fān cháo táng biàn gùSuch methods are truly masterful. This upheaval plunges the Capital into chaos.

HSK 4

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楚都正值多事之秋

chǔ dōu zhèng zhí duō shì zhī qiūThis upheaval plunges the Capital into chaos.

HSK 5

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我儿一路鞍马劳顿

wǒ ér yī lù ān mǎ láo dùnYou must be weary from the road.

HSK 4

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难道是有人里应外合？

nán dào shì yǒu rén lǐ yìng wài hé ？proof of collusion from within?

HSK 7

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这心抚得真是时候

zhè xīn fǔ dé zhēn shì shí hòuSuch impeccable timing for a show of mercy.

HSK 6

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难不成还要我去质疑天子？

nán bù chéng hái yào wǒ qù zhì yí tiān zi ？Who am I to challenge the throne?

HSK 7

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与其闲置不如物尽其用

yǔ qí xián zhì bù rú wù jìn qí yòngBetter to use it than waste it.