What Does "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 guāng) Mean?

zhè这nián年tóu头de的dà大hù户rén人jiā家 dà大dū都shì是biǎo表miàn面guāng光

Big noble families these days are all show on the outside only.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E10

Clip Timestamp

1:42

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	难道还会缺银子不成	nán dào hái huì quē yín zi bù chéng	how could they be short on cash?
2▶	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 guāng	Big noble families these days are all show on the outside only.
3	十家里有九家入不敷出	shí jiā lǐ yǒu jiǔ jiā rù bù fū chū	Nine out of ten are broke.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 4

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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

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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

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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 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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可见祖家豪富

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

HSK 7

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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

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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.

HSK 7

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咱可还真是头一回见朝姐儿

zán kě hái zhēn shì tóu yī huí jiàn cháo jiě érFirst time seeing Jinzhao.