What Does "讨贼讨到穷乡僻壤去" (tǎo zéi tǎo dào qióng xiāng pì rǎng qù) Mean?

tǎo讨zéi贼tǎo讨dào到qióng穷xiāng乡pì僻rǎng壤qù去

going to a remote backwater town to capture bandits?

HSK Vocabulary

讨H7 贼H7 到H1 去H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E9

Clip Timestamp

36:14

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	堂堂一个六品校尉	táng táng yí gè liù pǐn xiào wèi	A sixth-rank commandant
2▶	讨贼讨到穷乡僻壤去	tǎo zéi tǎo dào qióng xiāng pì rǎng qù	going to a remote backwater town to capture bandits?
3	他这分明是想趁机	tā zhè fēn míng shì xiǎng chèn jī	He clearly wants to use this chance

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tiān gān wù zào[Xigu Lane] Dry weather!

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xiǎo xīn huǒ zhúBeware of fire!

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这种事大娘有经验

zhè zhǒng shì dà niáng yǒu jīng yànI have experience in these matters.

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也不用这么着急吧

yě bù yòng zhè me zhe jí baThere's no need to rush it.

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傻丫头你懂什么

shǎ yā tou nǐ dǒng shén meSilly girl, what do you know?

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男人花期比女人短

nán rén huā qī bǐ nǚ rén duǎnMen's prime is shorter than women's,

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年轻的时候有贼心没贼胆

nián qīng de shí hòu yǒu zéi xīn méi zéi dǎnWhen young, they have the desire but not the guts

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好不容易心和胆都有了

hǎo bù róng yì xīn hé dǎn dōu yǒu leBy the time they have both the desire and the guts,

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所以下手要趁早

suǒ yǐ xià shǒu yào chèn zǎoSo you must act early

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他还能舍得你光杆儿睡啊

tā hái néng shě de nǐ guāng gǎn ér shuì aHe won't let you sleep on the bare floor, right?

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大娘可是一晚上都睡不着了

dà niáng kě shì yī wǎn shàng dōu shuì bù zhe leMrs. Zhao won't sleep a wink all night.

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和我预想的一样

hé wǒ yù xiǎng de yī yàngJust as I predicted.

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就出这些荤招

jiù chū zhè xiē hūn zhāoYou always come up with bad ideas.

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一脸的唾沫星子

yī liǎn de tuò mò xīng ziYou're spitting all over my face.

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我对你没有非分之想

wǒ duì nǐ méi yǒu fēi fèn zhī xiǎngI don't have any inappropriate thoughts toward you.

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你也别怨大娘事多

nǐ yě bié yuàn dà niáng shì duōDon't blame Mrs. Zhao for meddling either.

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做戏就要做全套

zuò xì jiù yào zuò quán tàoWe have to put on a full act.

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也别让大叔大娘在外面等一夜

yě bié ràng dà shū dà niáng zài wài miàn děng yī yèshouldn't let Mr. and Mrs. Zhao wait outside all night.

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有贼胆没贼心

yǒu zéi dǎn méi zéi xīnhave the guts but not the desire.

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我就那么随口一说

wǒ jiù nà me suí kǒu yī shuōI just made a passing remark,