What Does "只得躲回京城求个灯下黑" (zhǐ dé duǒ huí jīng chéng qiú gè dēng xià hēi) Mean?

zhǐ只dé得duǒ躲huí回jīng京chéng城qiú求gè个dēng灯xià下hēi黑

in the capital, hoping to stay unnoticed in plain sight.

HSK Vocabulary

只得H6 躲H5 回H1 求H6 个H1 灯H3 下H1 黑H5

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E37

Clip Timestamp

6:54

TMDB ID

240445

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	老奴无处容身	lǎo nú wú chǔ róng shēn	With nowhere else to go, I had to hide
2▶	只得躲回京城求个灯下黑	zhǐ dé duǒ huí jīng chéng qiú gè dēng xià hēi	in the capital, hoping to stay unnoticed in plain sight.
3	得知帝后不合	dé zhī dì hòu bù hé	When I learned of the rift between the Emperor and Empress,

More Clips From Episode

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会被说成是不祥之兆

huì bèi shuō chéng shì bù xiáng zhī zhàoit would be seen as a bad omen.

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哪敢出一丝差错

nǎ gǎn chū yī sī chā cuòshe couldn't afford the slightest mistake.

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你带他走得远远的

nǐ dài tā zǒu dé yuǎn yuǎn deTake him far away.

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一生都不要让他知道自己的身世

yī shēng dōu bú yào ràng tā zhī dào zì jǐ de shēn shìNever let him know the truth about his birth.

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该如何与您相认

gāi rú hé yǔ nín xiāng rènever reunite with you in the future?

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无论相认与否

wú lùn xiāng rèn yǔ fǒuWhether we reunite or not,

希望他可以原谅我这个做母亲的无能

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希望他可以原谅我这个做母亲的无能

xī wàng tā kě yǐ yuán liàng wǒ zhè ge zuò mǔ qīn de wú néngI just hope he can forgive me for being so powerless.

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圣上要册封淮哥儿为太子啦

shèng shàng yào cè fēng huái gē ér wèi tài zi laHis Majesty is going to name Huai the Crown Prince.

HSK 6

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怎么又立了淮哥儿淮哥儿是嫡长

zěn me yòu lì le huái gē ér huái gē ér shì dí zhǎngWhy did he choose Huai? Huai is the eldest legitimate son.

HSK 6

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被立为太子也是情理之中

bèi lì wèi tài zi yě shì qíng lǐ zhī zhōngBeing named Crown Prince is only natural.

免得让人发现他跟淮哥儿面容相似

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免得让人发现他跟淮哥儿面容相似

miǎn de ràng rén fā xiàn tā gēn huái gē ér miàn róng xiāng sìin case anyone notices how much he looks like Huai.

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主子又何尝不是身不由己啊

zhǔ zi yòu hé cháng bú shì shēn bù yóu jǐ aBut what choice did Master have?

HSK 7

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若是没有这个忌讳

ruò shì méi yǒu zhè ge jì huìIf not for this superstition,

HSK 3

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又怎么会流落在外啊

yòu zěn me huì liú luò zài wài awouldn't have ended up out of the palace.

HSK 6

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算了不说了不说了

suàn le bù shuō le bù shuō leAnyway, let's not talk about it anymore.

HSK 3

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那我先回宫了我送你

nà wǒ xiān huí gōng le wǒ sòng nǐI'll head back to the palace now. I'll see you out.

HSK 6

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可惜老奴一时不查

kě xī lǎo nú yī shí bù cháUnfortunately, I let my guard down for a moment,

HSK 7

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瞒着我离家从了军

mán zhe wǒ lí jiā cóng le jūnand secretly left home to join the army.

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太后最担心的事情发生了

tài hòu zuì dān xīn de shì qíng fā shēng lethe Empress Dowager feared most had come true.

九死一生才回到京城那现在回来的

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九死一生才回到京城那现在回来的

jiǔ sǐ yì shēng cái huí dào jīng chéng nà xiàn zài huí lái deand barely made it back to the capital alive. So the one who actually returned...