What Does "舍不得娃套不着狼" (shě bù dé wá tào bù zhe láng) Mean?

shě舍bù不dé得wá娃tào套bù不zhe着láng狼

You know the saying, "you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb."

HSK Vocabulary

舍不得H5 套H5 不H1 着H2 狼H6

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E13

Clip Timestamp

16:42

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	这不是耍流氓吗	zhè bú shì shuǎ liú máng ma	Wouldn't that basically be taking advantage of him?
2▶	舍不得娃套不着狼	shě bù dé wá tào bù zhe láng	You know the saying, "you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb."
3	不对	bú duì	Wait—actually, in this case it's:

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雪尽草芽生

xuě jǐn cǎo yá shēngWith snow gone, new grass sprouts.

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千篇一律的吉祥话

qiān piān yī lǜ de jí xiáng huàclichéd auspicious phrases either.

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我不作不称心意的画

wǒ bù zuò bù chèn xīn yì de huàI don't paint what doesn't please me.

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宁娘也想写

níng niáng yě xiǎng xiěI want to write something too.

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来宁娘写个横批

lái níng niáng xiě gè héng pīCome on, Changning, write a top scroll.

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是很好的意思吧

shì hěn hǎo de yì si baThat means it's very good, right?

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是我写得太好了

shì wǒ xiě dé tài hǎo leI wrote it too well.

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对了还差隼隼

duì le hái chà sǔn sǔnOh right, we're missing the falcon.

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印上隼隼的爪印

yìn shàng sǔn sǔn de zhǎo yìnWith the falcon's claw print,

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咱们一家就整整齐齐了

zán men yī jiā jiù zhěng zhěng qí qí leour family is complete.

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别动了别动了可以了

bié dòng le bié dòng le kě yǐ leDon't move. Don't move further. That's it.

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你这两眼瞎的人能看懂啊

nǐ zhè liǎng yǎn xiā de rén néng kàn dǒng a-I guess so. -You're illiterate. Can you really understand it?

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但我能看出这字值钱

dàn wǒ néng kàn chū zhè zì zhí qiánbut I can tell this calligraphy is valuable.

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一看就值好多钱

yī kàn jiù zhí hǎo duō qiánIt's obvious it's worth a fortune.

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这对子写得太不错了

zhè duì zi xiě dé tài bù cuò leThe couplets are written so well.

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这些字都是长玉夫婿写的

zhè xiē zì dōu shì zhǎng yù fū xù xiě deChangyu's husband wrote all of these.

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你家这夫婿对联写得真不错呀

nǐ jiā zhè fū xù duì lián xiě dé zhēn bù cuò yayour husband writes really nice couplets—

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比起往年那个宋举人写出来的

bǐ qǐ wǎng nián nà ge sòng jǔ rén xiě chū lái deeven better than the ones Scholar Song

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我们长玉的眼光好呢

wǒ men zhǎng yù de yǎn guāng hǎo neour Changyu has good taste.

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给嫂子也写一副行不

gěi sǎo zi yě xiě yī fù xíng bùCan he write a pair for me too?