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

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HSK 7

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要是精打细算着花

yào shì jīng dǎ xì suàn zhe huāif you budget carefully,

HSK 7

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看来终究还是没算好

kàn lái zhōng jiū hái shì méi suàn hǎoIt seems I miscalculated after all.

HSK 7

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还请叔替我保密

hái qǐng shū tì wǒ bǎo mìplease help me keep it a secret, Mr. Zhao.

HSK 4

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不会出去乱说的

bú huì chū qù luàn shuō deI know how to keep my mouth shut.

HSK 1

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找了个会赚钱的夫婿

zhǎo le gè huì zhuàn qián de fū xùactually got herself a husband who knows how to make money.

HSK 5

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你怎么才回来呀

nǐ zěn me cái huí lái yaWhat took you so long?

HSK 2

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你快来看看谁在等你呢

nǐ kuài lái kàn kàn shuí zài děng nǐ neCome and see who's waiting for you.

HSK 5

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不是说只给新郎做吗

bú shì shuō zhǐ gěi xīn láng zuò maDidn't you say you were only making one for the groom?

HSK 6

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我呀特意省了料子

wǒ ya tè yì shěng le liào ziI deliberately saved some fabric

HSK 3

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还问人借了点布头

hái wèn rén jiè le diǎn bù tóuand borrowed some scraps

HSK 1

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怎么不喜欢

zěn me bù xǐ huānWhat, you don't like it?

HSK 7

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但是绣这么好看的花

dàn shì xiù zhè me hǎo kàn de huāBut you've embroidered such beautiful flowers—

HSK 3

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又不是给你看的

yòu bú shì gěi nǐ kàn deIt's not for you to see.

HSK 3

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你相公喜欢那就行

nǐ xiàng gōng xǐ huān nà jiù xíngAs long as your husband likes it.

HSK 1

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是洞房那天你穿上给他看

shì dòng fáng nà tiān nǐ chuān shàng gěi tā kànYou're wearing it for him to see on your wedding night.

HSK 7

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同是一个爹

tóng shì yí gè diēWe share the same father.

HSK 7

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相煎何太急

xiāng jiān hé tài jíWhy rush to torment each other?

HSK 5

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煮豆燃豆萁不应该藏在床铺下

zhǔ dòu rán dòu qí bù yīng gāi cáng zài chuáng pù xià-Boiling beans by burning the beanstalks. -I shouldn't have hidden it under the bed.

HSK 6

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昨天你不是说让我来试喜服的吗

zuó tiān nǐ bú shì shuō ràng wǒ lái shì xǐ fú de maDidn't you ask me to come and try on the wedding suit yesterday?

HSK 2

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她咋坐床上了

tā zǎ zuò chuáng shàng leWhy is she sitting on the bed?