What Does "历来不苟言笑" (lì lái bù gǒu yán xiào) Mean?

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历来不苟言笑

lì lái bù gǒu yán xiào

You're always so stern and grim

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E13

Clip Timestamp

6:56

TMDB ID

239901

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	不过我还有一个疑问	bù guò wǒ hái yǒu yí gè yí wèn	However, I have another question.
2▶	历来不苟言笑	lì lái bù gǒu yán xiào	You're always so stern and grim
3	连鬼见了都发愁的范大人	lián guǐ jiàn le dōu fā chóu de fàn dà rén	that even ghosts despair at the sight of you.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 6

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我归我反对

wǒ guī wǒ fǎn duìand I have my objections.

HSK 7

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wú kě tuǒ xiéof principles.

HSK 5

0:03s

不过我还有一个疑问

bù guò wǒ hái yǒu yí gè yí wènHowever, I have another question.

HSK 7

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就连我那面具都遮挡不住了

jiù lián wǒ nà miàn jù dōu zhē dǎng bú zhù lethat even my mask couldn't hide it.

HSK 7

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为何不索性和哥哥家修好

wèi hé bù suǒ xìng hé gē gē jiā xiū hǎowhy not just reconcile with your older brother?

HSK 3

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你说得容易

nǐ shuō dé róng yìEasy for you to say.

HSK 5

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老话说长兄如父

lǎo huà shuō zhǎng xiōng rú fùAs the old saying goes, an elder brother is like a father.

HSK 6

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害得我置于无可转圜之绝境

hài dé wǒ zhì yú wú kě zhuǎn huán zhī jué jìngwhich pushed me into an irreversible dead end.

HSK 1

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好了不说了

hǎo le bù shuō leEnough talking.

HSK 7

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都是你娘教你的吧

dōu shì nǐ niáng jiào nǐ de bawere all taught by your mother, right?

HSK 7

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所以你是继承了你娘的衣钵

suǒ yǐ nǐ shì jì chéng le nǐ niáng de yī bōSo you inherited your mother's legacy.

HSK 7

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我可没有我娘的好身体

wǒ kě méi yǒu wǒ niáng de hǎo shēn tǐI don't have my mother's good health.

HSK 2

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我从小就体弱多病天天都吃药

wǒ cóng xiǎo jiù tǐ ruò duō bìng tiān tiān dōu chī yàoI've always been frail and sick, taking medicine daily.

HSK 5

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我的身体才一点一点有了好转

wǒ de shēn tǐ cái yì diǎn yì diǎn yǒu le hǎo zhuǎnthat my health improved little by little.

HSK 7

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把我娘的身子拖垮的吧

bǎ wǒ niáng de shēn zi tuō kuǎ de bawho ruined my mother's health.

HSK 4

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为什么离梦想越来越近了

wèi shén me lí mèng xiǎng yuè lái yuè jìn lewhy is it that the closer you get to your dream,

HSK 4

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总感觉哪里还没有做好

zǒng gǎn jué nǎ lǐ hái méi yǒu zuò hǎoI always feel like I'm not doing enough.

HSK 3

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心里才会患得患失

xīn lǐ cái huì huàn dé huàn shīdo you start to worry about gains and losses.

HSK 6

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huàn dé huàn shīWorry about gains and losses...

HSK 3

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但我相信你可以的

dàn wǒ xiāng xìn nǐ kě yǐ deBut I believe you can do it.