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 6 of 7)

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- 太傅也想要啊？ - 够了

- tài fù yě xiǎng yào a ？ - gòu le- You wish for it as well? - Enough.

HSK 7

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朔漠犯境当务之急是稳定军心

shuò mò fàn jìng dāng wù zhī jí shì wěn dìng jūn xīnWith the Northern Desert encroaching, our priority is to steady the troops.

HSK 7

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本宫倒要亲眼看看

běn gōng dào yào qīn yǎn kàn kànI shall see for myself

HSK 2

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好你个谢家三公子啊

hǎo nǐ gè xiè jiā sān gōng zi aWho would have thought Xie Yanfang

HSK 4

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竟然敢把棋下到明面上

jìng rán gǎn bǎ qí xià dào míng miàn shàngwould show his hand so brazenly?

HSK 4

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就说明他有恃无恐

jiù shuō míng tā yǒu shì wú kǒnghe clearly fears nothing,

HSK 1

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不能奈何他半分

bù néng nài hé tā bàn fēnto move against him.

HSK 4

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就证明他已经留了后手了

jiù zhèng míng tā yǐ jīng liú le hòu shǒu leThe very fact he said it proves he has a contingency plan in place.

HSK 5

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谢燕芳身边如铁桶一般

xiè yàn fāng shēn biān rú tiě tǒng yì bānXie Yanfang is guarded like an iron fortress.

HSK 6

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但百密总有一疏

dàn bǎi mì zǒng yǒu yī shūBut even the tightest defense has a flaw.

HSK 1

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想要打毒蛇的七寸

xiǎng yào dǎ dú shé de qī cùnTo strike at the heart of the threat,

HSK 7

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就要先把手伸进蛇窝

jiù yào xiān bǎ shǒu shēn jìn shé wōone must first brave the lion's den.

HSK 4

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你可得好好下啊

nǐ kě dé hǎo hǎo xià abetter mind your moves in this game.

HSK 3

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您说他会不会跟萧珣一样

nín shuō tā huì bú huì gēn xiāo xún yī yàngDo you think he'd be like Xiao Xun, colluding with the enemy?

HSK 7

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萧珣尚能绝处逢生

xiāo xún shàng néng jué chù féng shēngIf Xiao could survive such dire straits, so can he.

HSK 7

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反倒是成全了他

fǎn dào shì chéng quán le tāIt seems we've only served to further his renown.

HSK 6

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也是就像公子您名动天下一样

yě shì jiù xiàng gōng zi nín míng dòng tiān xià yī yàngTrue. Just as you are renowned throughout the land.

HSK 7

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宅子也翻新好了

zhái zi yě fān xīn hǎo leSince the estate is renovated,

HSK 6

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可未必就是楚家人的护身符

kě wèi bì jiù shì chǔ jiā rén de hù shēn fúa shield for the Chu Family.

HSK 7

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他日若我坠下高台

tā rì ruò wǒ zhuì xià gāo táiShould I fall from this height,