What Does "煮豆燃豆萁" (zhǔ dòu rán dòu qí) Mean?

zhǔ煮dòu豆rán燃dòu豆qí萁

Boiling beans by burning the beanstalks.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E4

Clip Timestamp

31:55

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	好了好了好了	hǎo le hǎo le hǎo le	Alright, alright.
2▶	煮豆燃豆萁	zhǔ dòu rán dòu qí	Boiling beans by burning the beanstalks.
3	豆在釜中偷偷哭泣	dòu zài fǔ zhōng tōu tōu kū qì	The beans sob secretly in the pot.

More Clips From Episode

Total 229 clips (Page 4 of 12)

HSK 1

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你这不是赶鸭子上架吗

nǐ zhè bú shì gǎn yā zi shàng jià maYou're really putting me on the spot.

HSK 7

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堂下何人状告何事

táng xià hé rén zhuàng gào hé shìWho is the petitioner below? And what case do you present?

HSK 3

0:03s

我识字总是记不住

wǒ shí zì zǒng shì jì bú zhùI can never remember the characters.

HSK 7

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把樊大给绑了如何

bǎ fán dà gěi bǎng le rú héand kidnap Fan Daniu. What do you think?

HSK 4

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开堂那日他要是不在

kāi táng nà rì tā yào shì bù zàiif he's not there on the day of the trial,

HSK 6

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杀杀人犯法

shā shā rén fàn fǎK-Killing is against the law.

HSK 4

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那就只能苦了你自己了

nà jiù zhǐ néng kǔ le nǐ zì jǐ leyou'll have to suffer through it yourself.

HSK 7

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想来这律法也是按情理

xiǎng lái zhè lǜ fǎ yě shì àn qíng lǐLaws are ultimately grounded in reason,

HSK 6

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或许这样更能打动县令

huò xǔ zhè yàng gèng néng dǎ dòng xiàn lìngso this might be more persuasive.

HSK 7

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这崔县令毕竟也是两榜进士出身

zhè cuī xiàn lìng bì jìng yě shì liǎng bǎng jìn shì chū shēnMagistrate Cui is a double-ranked scholar-official, after all.

HSK 7

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意思是煮豆子要用豆秸烧

yì si shì zhǔ dòu zi yào yòng dòu jiē shāoIt speaks of boiling beans with beanstalks for fuel,

HSK 7

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来形容同父兄弟之间的生死之争

lái xíng róng tóng fù xiōng dì zhī jiān de shēng sǐ zhī zhēnga metaphor for the deadly strife between brothers of the same father.

HSK 5

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这诗就是为樊大写的吧

zhè shī jiù shì wèi fán dà xiě de baIt's like this poem was originally written for Fan Daniu.

HSK 7

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同根应该是一个爹的意思

tóng gēn yīng gāi shì yí gè diē de yì si"Same root" must mean having the same father.

HSK 4

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是菜的做法吗

shì cài de zuò fǎ maIs it a cooking method?

HSK 7

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是杀害的比喻写法

shì shā hài de bǐ yù xiě fǎIt's a metaphor for killing.

HSK 5

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煮豆烧豆秆

zhǔ dòu shāo dòu gǎnBoiling beans by burning the beanpoles.

HSK 7

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同是一个爹

tóng shì yí gè diē"we share the same father,

HSK 6

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为啥先杀俺

wèi shá xiān shā ǎnso why kill me first?"

HSK 5

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青天大老爷

qīng tiān dà lǎo yéYour Honor!