What Does "在公堂上答得也是滴水不漏" (zài gōng táng shàng dá dé yě shì dī shuǐ bù lòu) Mean?

zài在gōng公táng堂shàng上dá答dé得yě也shì是dī滴shuǐ水bù不lòu漏

and in court, they answered every question flawlessly.

HSK Vocabulary

在H1 上H1 答H4 得H2

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E35

Clip Timestamp

11:19

TMDB ID

275966

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	可他们的账目查不出问题	kě tā men de zhàng mù chá bù chū wèn tí	But no problems could be found in their accounts,
2▶	在公堂上答得也是滴水不漏	zài gōng táng shàng dá dé yě shì dī shuǐ bù lòu	and in court, they answered every question flawlessly.
3	这那姓张的他也不敢再为难	zhè nà xìng zhāng de tā yě bù gǎn zài wéi nán	So, Zhang doesn't dare push them further.

More Clips From Episode

Total 164 clips (Page 2 of 9)

HSK 6

0:03s

徐大人这才肯提携田家一把

xú dà rén zhè cái kěn tí xié tián jiā yī bǎthat Lord Xu was willing to give us a leg up.

HSK 7

0:03s

巴结什么吴守备

bā jié shén me wú shǒu bèiover Commander Wu instead,

HSK 7

0:03s

甚至连戚帅都敢得罪

shèn zhì lián qī shuài dōu gǎn dé zuìand you even dare to make an enemy of Marshal Qi.

HSK 4

0:03s

又岂会再与我们有什么瓜葛

yòu qǐ huì zài yǔ wǒ men yǒu shén me guā géHow could he have any more involvement with us?

HSK 5

0:03s

不是我们能长久攀附之人

bú shì wǒ men néng cháng jiǔ pān fù zhī rénto be someone we could rely on forever.

HSK 6

0:03s

倒不如干脆舍了干净

dào bù rú gān cuì shě le gān jìngbetter to cut ties with them completely.

HSK 3

0:03s

还要什么徐大人

hái yào shén me xú dà rénwhat need do we still have for Lord Xu

HSK 7

0:03s

大哥怎么忍心舍了自己的妹子

dà gē zěn me rěn xīn shě le zì jǐ de mèi ziHow could I bear to cast my own sister aside?

我这不是派人好好把你接回来了吗

HSK 5

0:03s

我这不是派人好好把你接回来了吗

wǒ zhè bú shì pài rén hǎo hǎo bǎ nǐ jiē huí lái le madidn't I send people to bring you home properly?

HSK 2

0:03s

见过大世面的人

jiàn guò dà shì miàn de rénthan the rest of us, after all.

HSK 5

0:03s

哥哥要靠你的日子还多着呢

gē gē yào kào nǐ de rì zi hái duō zhe neThere will be plenty of times ahead when I'll still need to count on you.

HSK 6

0:03s

都说兄妹同心嘛

dōu shuō xiōng mèi tóng xīn maas they say, siblings share the same heart.

HSK 4

0:03s

你们还得互相帮衬着才对

nǐ men hái dé hù xiāng bāng chèn zhe cái duìyou'll have to support each other.

HSK 2

0:03s

妹妹这是衣锦还乡啊

mèi mèi zhè shì yì jǐn huán xiāng aSister, you've returned home in glory.

HSK 1

0:03s

你这去哪儿你站住

nǐ zhè qù nǎ ér nǐ zhàn zhùWhere are you going? Stop.

HSK 6

0:03s

真把我田家当成金库了不成

zhēn bǎ wǒ tián jiā dàng chéng jīn kù le bù chéngDo they take our family for a bank?

HSK 2

0:03s

哥你消消气是出了什么事了吗

gē nǐ xiāo xiāo qì shì chū le shén me shì le maCalm down, Benchang. What happened?

HSK 7

0:03s

可即便全卖了也凑不齐五千两

kě jí biàn quán mài le yě còu bù qí wǔ qiān liǎngBut even selling all of them won't add up to 5,000 taels.

HSK 4

0:03s

咱们还得另想法子

zán men hái dé lìng xiǎng fǎ ziWe'll have to think of another way.

李祯还在暗戳戳地四处查咱们的破绽

HSK 5

0:03s

李祯还在暗戳戳地四处查咱们的破绽

lǐ zhēn hái zài àn chuō chuō dì sì chù chá zán men de pò zhànLi Zhen has still been secretly digging around, trying to find our flaws.