What Does "都说金的银的比不上亲手做的" (dōu shuō jīn de yín de bǐ bù shàng qīn shǒu zuò de) Mean?

dōu都shuō说jīn金de的yín银de的 bǐ比bù不shàng上qīn亲shǒu手zuò做de的

People always say gold and silver can't compare to something made by hand.

HSK Vocabulary

都H1 说H1 的H1 银H6 亲手H7 做H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E10

Clip Timestamp

34:19

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	这就去收拾	zhè jiù qù shōu shí	go pack now.
2▶	都说金的银的比不上亲手做的	dōu shuō jīn de yín de bǐ bù shàng qīn shǒu zuò de	People always say gold and silver can't compare to something made by hand.
3	送这些给三爷莫说他了我都嫌俗气	sòng zhè xiē gěi sān yé mò shuō tā le wǒ dōu xián sú qì	Giving these to Mr. Chen, let alone him, I even find it tacky.

More Clips From Episode

Total 156 clips (Page 1 of 8)

HSK 4

0:03s

这年礼怕是要给得厚些

zhè nián lǐ pà shì yào gěi dé hòu xiēwe'd better bring generous gifts.

HSK 3

0:03s

老五又被远放到汉阳

lǎo wǔ yòu bèi yuǎn fàng dào hàn yángand my brother's been sent far off to Hanyang.

HSK 4

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已在原来的例上加了两成

yǐ zài yuán lái de lì shàng jiā le liǎng chéngI've added 20 percent on top of the usual gifts.

HSK 7

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无论如何还是要去的

wú lùn rú hé hái shì yào qù deYou should go no matter what.

HSK 6

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老爷心里也门儿清

lǎo yé xīn lǐ yě mén ér qīngMaster knows it too.

HSK 7

0:03s

可是祖家世代簪缨

kě shì zǔ jiā shì dài zān yīngBut the main house's been nobility for generations,

HSK 6

0:03s

难道还会缺银子不成

nán dào hái huì quē yín zi bù chénghow could they be short on cash?

HSK 6

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这年头的大户人家大都是表面光

zhè nián tóu de dà hù rén jiā dà dū shì biǎo miàn guāngBig noble families these days are all show on the outside only.

HSK 1

0:03s

十家里有九家入不敷出

shí jiā lǐ yǒu jiǔ jiā rù bù fū chūNine out of ten are broke.

HSK 7

0:03s

他还真是挺有心计的

tā hái zhēn shì tǐng yǒu xīn jì deHe really plays it smart.

HSK 7

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京城人大都会算计

jīng chéng rén dà dū huì suàn jìPeople in the capital are all schemers.

HSK 7

0:03s

太太老实容易吃亏

tài tài lǎo shí róng yì chī kuīMadam's too kind, easy to get taken advantage of.

HSK 5

0:03s

凡事也能给太太把把关

fán shì yě néng gěi tài tài bǎ bǎ guānyou can help Madam make the right decisions.

HSK 4

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姑娘好大的排场啊

gū niáng hǎo dà de pái chǎng aMiss, what a show!

HSK 7

0:03s

连纪府都不敢有这样的开销

lián jì fǔ dōu bù gǎn yǒu zhè yàng de kāi xiāoeven Ji Mansion wouldn't spend like this.

HSK 5

0:03s

可见祖家豪富

kě jiàn zǔ jiā háo fùGuess the main house's loaded.

HSK 7

0:03s

二伯父不过一个四品佥都御史

èr bó fù bù guò yí gè sì pǐn qiān dōu yù shǐUncle Deyuan is just a Fourth-Rank Investigating Censor,

HSK 2

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哪儿来的这么些银子啊

nǎ ér lái de zhè me xiē yín zi awhere'd all this money come from?

HSK 3

0:03s

生得可真好看

shēng dé kě zhēn hǎo kànWhat a beauty.

HSK 6

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这人总算是到齐了

zhè rén zǒng suàn shì dào qí leFinally everyone's here.