What Does "人心不足蛇吞象陛下" (rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng bì xià) Mean?

rén人xīn心bù不zú足shé蛇tūn吞xiàng象 bì陛xià下

- Greed never ends. - Your Majesty.

HSK Vocabulary

人H1 心H4 不H1 足H6 蛇H5 吞H6 下H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E2

Clip Timestamp

17:59

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	陛下	bì xià	Your Majesty.
2▶	人心不足蛇吞象陛下	rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng bì xià	- Greed never ends. - Your Majesty.
3	你们这些陛下忘了本的东西	nǐ men zhè xiē bì xià wàng le běn de dōng xī	- You people - Your Majesty. have forgotten your roots!

More Clips From Episode

Total 117 clips (Page 6 of 6)

HSK 4

0:03s

好端端的又提这个做什么

hǎo duān duān de yòu tí zhè ge zuò shén meWhy bring that up again?

HSK 6

0:03s

时辰不早了都回去歇着吧

shí chén bù zǎo le dōu huí qù xiē zhe baIt's getting late. All of you, go rest now.

HSK 6

0:03s

一贯是眼高于顶的

yí guàn shì yǎn gāo yú dǐng deextremely proud.

坏了她可以命人回来报信啊等家里派车去接呀

HSK 5

0:03s

坏了她可以命人回来报信啊等家里派车去接呀

huài le tā kě yǐ mìng rén huí lái bào xìn a děng jiā lǐ pài chē qù jiē yaBroke down? She could have sent someone for help, and waited for us to send a carriage!

HSK 2

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你怎么这么说朝姐儿啊

nǐ zěn me zhè me shuō cháo jiě ér aHow can you say that about Jinzhao?

老爷和太太时常这样吵的我都习惯了

HSK 5

0:03s

老爷和太太时常这样吵的我都习惯了

lǎo yé hé tài tài shí cháng zhè yàng chǎo de wǒ dōu xí guàn leSir and Madam fight like this all the time. I'm used to it.

HSK 5

0:03s

那周妈妈明显在挑事

nà zhōu mā mā míng xiǎn zài tiāo shìNanny Zhou was obviously stirring trouble.

HSK 3

0:03s

我说我刚才听着怎么这么不对劲

wǒ shuō wǒ gāng cái tīng zhe zěn me zhè me bú duì jìnNo wonder it sounded so wrong to me.

正在气头上还在太太面前提马车的事儿

HSK 5

0:03s

正在气头上还在太太面前提马车的事儿

zhèng zài qì tóu shàng hái zài tài tài miàn qián tí mǎ chē de shì érabout the Young Lord, and she still brought up the carriage in front of Madam.

HSK 5

0:03s

这气太太能忍

zhè qì tài tài néng rěnMadam might tolerate that,

HSK 2

0:03s

你就随口说了个煎药

nǐ jiù suí kǒu shuō le gè jiān yàomentioned decocting medicine,

HSK 7

0:03s

那朝姐儿就不依不饶地追问

nà cháo jiě ér jiù bù yī bù ráo dì zhuī wènand Jinzhao kept pressing.

HSK 4

0:03s

她该不会是想找我麻烦吧

tā gāi bú huì shì xiǎng zhǎo wǒ má fán balooking for trouble with me?

这里是顾府不是纪府哪有她猖狂的地方

HSK 7

0:03s

这里是顾府不是纪府哪有她猖狂的地方

zhè lǐ shì gù fǔ bú shì jì fǔ nǎ yǒu tā chāng kuáng de dì fāngThis is the Gu manor, not the Ji manor. No place for her to act up.

HSK 5

0:03s

每天宋姨娘骂我骂得够多了

měi tiān sòng yí niáng mà wǒ mà dé gòu duō leI get scolded more than enough every day.

让她看看清楚这府里当家的人到底是谁

HSK 4

0:03s

让她看看清楚这府里当家的人到底是谁

ràng tā kàn kàn qīng chǔ zhè fǔ lǐ dāng jiā de rén dào dǐ shì shuíso she can see clearly who really runs this household.

谁给谁下马威啊这当家人又是谁呀

HSK 5

0:03s

谁给谁下马威啊这当家人又是谁呀

shuí gěi shuí xià mǎ wēi a zhè dāng jiā rén yòu shì shuí yaWho's putting whom in their place? And who exactly is the one in charge here?