What Does "活着反倒误事" (huó zhe fǎn dào wù shì) Mean?

huó活zhe着fǎn反dào倒wù误shì事

only gets in the way when he's alive.

HSK Vocabulary

活H4 着H2 反倒H7

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E15

Clip Timestamp

23:38

TMDB ID

289271

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	有些人	yǒu xiē rén	Someone
2▶	活着反倒误事	huó zhe fǎn dào wù shì	only gets in the way when he's alive.
3	谢大人真是好谋算	xiè dà rén zhēn shì hǎo móu suàn	Mr. Xie, you have a very clever plan.

More Clips From Episode

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- 可是…可是他们… - 那还磨蹭什么？

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- 可是…可是他们… - 那还磨蹭什么？

- kě shì … kě shì tā men … - nà hái mó cèng shén me ？- But they-- - Stop lingering.

- 走快 - 可是他们… 老爷

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- 走快 - 可是他们… 老爷

- zǒu kuài - kě shì tā men … lǎo yé- Let's go. Hurry. - But they… Oh, darling.

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大人楚岚踪迹已断

dà rén chǔ lán zōng jì yǐ duànMy Lord, Chu Lan's trail is gone.

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老爷子的散棋走得好生刁钻

lǎo yé zi de sàn qí zǒu dé hǎo shēng diāo zuānMr. Zhou, you really made very cunning moves.

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我弃子争先

wǒ qì zi zhēng xiānbut I gave up a piece to get ahead.

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当年煊王与臣下六博

dāng nián xuān wáng yǔ chén xià liù bóWhen the Lord of Xuan played with me,

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为争一子误杀贤士

wèi zhēng yī zi wù shā xián shìhe wrongfully killed a loyal man over one piece.

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我争的是陛下活路

wǒ zhēng de shì bì xià huó lùI'm fighting for His Majesty's life.

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世代都是观棋人

shì dài dōu shì guān qí rénOver generations, my clan has been a bystander.

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谢大人何必以棋局试探？

xiè dà rén hé bì yǐ qí jú shì tàn ？Mr. Xie, you don't need to probe me like this.

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你须知这乱世当中

nǐ xū zhī zhè luàn shì dāng zhōngyou must know no one can be

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早已无真正的观棋人

zǎo yǐ wú zhēn zhèng de guān qí réna bystander in chaotic times.

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老爷子记得关窗

lǎo yé zi jì de guān chuāngRemember to close your windows.

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夫人您慢点

fū rén nín màn diǎnMy Lady, be careful.

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阿江送楚家出城的马车回来了

ā jiāng sòng chǔ jiā chū chéng de mǎ chē huí lái leThe carriage that took them out of town is back.

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万一谢大人真的查到了什么那…

wàn yī xiè dà rén zhēn de chá dào le shén me nà …If Mr. Xie really finds out something, then…

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纵然江儿年少妄为

zòng rán jiāng ér nián shào wàng wéiJiang did something reckless.

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但既然答应帮了

dàn jì rán dā yìng bāng leBut since we promised to help, we won't complain.

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还有得看啊

hái yǒu dé kàn aa long game of strategy.

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寒舍蓬荜生辉啊

hán shè péng bì shēng huī aWe are honored by your presence.