What Does "定是国之栋梁" (dìng shì guó zhī dòng liáng) Mean?

dìng定shì是guó国zhī之dòng栋liáng梁

he will surely be a pillar of the state.

HSK Vocabulary

定H4 是H1 国H1 栋梁H7

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E9

Clip Timestamp

39:13

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	他日归来	tā rì guī lái	When he returns,
2▶	定是国之栋梁	dìng shì guó zhī dòng liáng	he will surely be a pillar of the state.
3	十六年来老夫初心未改	shí liù nián lái lǎo fū chū xīn wèi gǎi	For 16 years, my original intention has not changed.

More Clips From Episode

Total 224 clips (Page 6 of 12)

HSK 6

0:03s

本官为何不知道

běn guān wèi hé bù zhī dàoWhy am I not aware

HSK 7

0:03s

大人也是两榜进士出身

dà rén yě shì liǎng bǎng jìn shì chū shēnMy Lord, you are a top scholar.

HSK 7

0:03s

这武安侯的恶行为文臣所唾弃

zhè wǔ ān hóu de è xíng wèi wén chén suǒ tuò qìthat the Marquis of Wu'an's evil deeds are despised by civil officials?

HSK 7

0:03s

大人真是一语惊醒梦中人哪

dà rén zhēn shì yī yǔ jīng xǐng mèng zhōng rén nǎMy Lord, you truly enlightened me.

HSK 7

0:03s

是下官格局太小了

shì xià guān gé jú tài xiǎo leI was too narrow-minded.

HSK 3

0:03s

还请李大人先回镇上

hái qǐng lǐ dà rén xiān huí zhèn shàngLord Li, please return to town first

HSK 7

0:03s

容下官禀报案情

róng xià guān bǐng bào àn qíngso I can report on the case.

HSK 1

0:03s

你说这个李怀安

nǐ shuō zhè ge lǐ huái ānSay, this Li Huaian

HSK 7

0:03s

自始至终都板着一张冷脸

zì shǐ zhì zhōng dōu bǎn zhe yī zhāng lěng liǎnwas expressionless the whole time.

HSK 6

0:03s

满朝官员人尽皆知

mǎn cháo guān yuán rén jǐn jiē zhīEvery official in the court knows it.

HSK 3

0:03s

可怎么到了李大人这儿

kě zěn me dào le lǐ dà rén zhè érBut when it comes to Lord Li,

HSK 4

0:03s

竟然为武安侯说话

jìng rán wèi wǔ ān hóu shuō huàwhy did he speak up for the Marquis of Wu'an? [Northwest Inn]

HSK 7

0:03s

要是他们一直有仇

yào shì tā men yì zhí yǒu chóuIf they've always been enemies,

HSK 3

0:03s

拜魏党的贺敬元为师啊

bài wèi dǎng de hè jìng yuán wèi shī astudy under He Jingyuan of the Wei faction?

HSK 7

0:03s

莫非以前还有渊源

mò fēi yǐ qián hái yǒu yuān yuánCould there be a past connection?

HSK 7

0:03s

你说这些权臣的心思谁猜得出来

nǐ shuō zhè xiē quán chén de xīn sī shuí cāi dé chū láiWho can guess what these powerful officials are thinking?

HSK 3

0:03s

你说上头朝廷放个屁

nǐ shuō shàng tou cháo tíng fàng gè pìEven if the court farts,

HSK 4

0:03s

这回马屁拍到马蹄子上了

zhè huí mǎ pì pāi dào mǎ tí zi shàng leI tried to flatter him and got on his bad side instead.

HSK 2

0:03s

回去从长计议吧

huí qù cóng cháng jì yì baLet's go back and rethink our plan.

HSK 4

0:03s

可算送走那溜须拍马的县令了

kě suàn sòng zǒu nà liū xū pāi mǎ de xiàn lìng leFinally got rid of that bootlicking magistrate.