What Does "小心引火烧身" (xiǎo xīn yǐn huǒ shāo shēn) Mean?

xiǎo小xīn心yǐn引huǒ火shāo烧shēn身

Beware you don't get burned.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E6

Clip Timestamp

8:21

TMDB ID

289271

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	太傅啊没有世家根基还想玩火	tài fù a méi yǒu shì jiā gēn jī hái xiǎng wán huǒ	Mr. Deng, playing with fire without a clan's backing is folly.
2▶	小心引火烧身	xiǎo xīn yǐn huǒ shāo shēn	Beware you don't get burned.
3	久闻太傅棋艺无双	jiǔ wén tài fù qí yì wú shuāng	I've long heard your mastery of the board is unrivaled.

More Clips From Episode

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谢大人说笑

xiè dà rén shuō xiàoNot really.

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自焚殉国了

zì fén xùn guó leto immolate himself for his state.

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- 我失言了 - 谢大人

- wǒ shī yán le - xiè dà rénI spoke inappropriately. What brings you here, exactly?

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到底有何贵干哪？

dào dǐ yǒu hé guì gàn nǎ ？What brings you here, exactly?

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今日冒昧前来

jīn rì mào mèi qián láiThere is a matter

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想跟太傅请教一下

xiǎng gēn tài fù qǐng jiào yī xiàI'm hoping you could shed some light on.

HSK 1

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是谁放走了他

shì shuí fàng zǒu le tāDo you know

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就已经跟长公主离了心

jiù yǐ jīng gēn zhǎng gōng zhǔ lí le xīnSuch an act proves you have turned against Her Highness.

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久闻太傅棋艺无双

jiǔ wén tài fù qí yì wú shuāngI've long heard your mastery of the board is unrivaled.

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不知可否赐教一局？

bù zhī kě fǒu cì jiào yī jú ？Might I invite you for a round?

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què zhī bù gōngIt would be my honor.

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阿九伤势严重吗？

ā jiǔ shāng shì yán zhòng ma ？Is Jiu's condition severe?

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等朔漠人上钩 - 是 - 是

děng shuò mò rén shàng gōu - shì - shìPosition the hidden troops and wait for them to take the bait. - Understood! - Understood!

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将军你是得的什么病症啊？

jiāng jūn nǐ shì dé de shén me bìng zhèng a ？General, what is this malady?

- 不行您这身子骨… - 这是军令

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- 不行您这身子骨… - 这是军令

- bù xíng nín zhè shēn zi gǔ … - zhè shì jūn lìngNo. You can barely stand. This is an order.

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风言风语又何时少过？

fēng yán fēng yǔ yòu hé shí shǎo guò ？when have the rumors ever stopped?

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所以才不愿意嫁给萧世子了吗？

suǒ yǐ cái bù yuàn yì jià gěi xiāo shì zi le ma ？that you refused to marry Mr. Xiao?

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岂能不留后手？

qǐ néng bù liú hòu shǒu ？one must always keep a backup plan.

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谢大人看着斯文

xiè dà rén kàn zhe sī wénYou look refined,

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本官只是不喜欢浪费时间

běn guān zhǐ shì bù xǐ huān làng fèi shí jiānI just dislike wasting time.