What Does "多一事不如少一事" (duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì) Mean?

duō多yī一shì事bù不rú如shǎo少yī一shì事

Less trouble is better than more,

HSK Vocabulary

多H1 一H1 事H1 不H1 如H5 少H1 一H1 事H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E32

Clip Timestamp

4:11

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	还望三伯母切莫告诉他人	hái wàng sān bó mǔ qiè mò gào sù tā rén	you won't tell anyone about what happened today.
2▶	多一事不如少一事	duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì	Less trouble is better than more,
3	您说呢	nín shuō ne	right?

More Clips From Episode

Total 75 clips (Page 1 of 4)

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wǎn xuě mèi mèiWanxue.

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yǒu yī xiē huàthere's something

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sān yéThird Master.

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我内心一直装着另外一个女子

wǒ nèi xīn yì zhí zhuāng zhe lìng wài yí gè nǚ zǐI've always had someone else in my heart.

HSK 1

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你不是三尺孩童了

nǐ bú shì sān chǐ hái tóng leYou are no longer a child.

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当知道什么话当讲

dāng zhī dào shén me huà dāng jiǎngYou should know what to say

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我不能告诉你

wǒ bù néng gào sù nǐ[Hall of Virtue and Splendor] I can't tell you.

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为何要为难她

wèi hé yào wéi nán tāwhy make things difficult for her?

HSK 2

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zǒu biéLet's go. Wait.

HSK 6

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为何还要向我提亲

wèi hé hái yào xiàng wǒ tí qīnwhy did you propose to me?

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nà wèi shén meThen why?

HSK 1

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那我不要退亲

nà wǒ bú yào tuì qīnI won't call off the engagement.

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我还是想嫁给你

wǒ hái shì xiǎng jià gěi nǐI still want to marry you.

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自从爹爹跟我说

zì cóng diē diē gēn wǒ shuōEver since my father told me

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我就盼着那一天了

wǒ jiù pàn zhe nà yī tiān leI've been looking forward to that day.

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每次继母欺负我

měi cì jì mǔ qī fù wǒWhenever my stepmother mistreated me,

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我不要退亲

wǒ bú yào tuì qīnI don't want to call off the engagement.

HSK 2

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我不要我不要啊

wǒ bú yào wǒ bú yào aI don't want to.

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yī qiè zhào jiùproceed as planned.

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sān bó mǔThird Aunt.