What Does "人为财死鸟为食亡" (rén wéi cái sǐ niǎo wèi shí wáng) Mean?

rén人wéi为cái财sǐ死 niǎo鸟wèi为shí食wáng亡

Men die for wealth. Birds perish for food.

HSK Vocabulary

人H1 为H3 死H4 鸟H2 为H3

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E11

Clip Timestamp

40:06

TMDB ID

270857

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	是你告诉她丈夫她会去储蓄所取钱对吗	shì nǐ gào sù tā zhàng fū tā huì qù chǔ xù suǒ qǔ qián duì ma	You told her husband she would withdraw the money, right?
2▶	人为财死鸟为食亡	rén wéi cái sǐ niǎo wèi shí wáng	Men die for wealth. Birds perish for food.
3	文毓秀	wén yù xiù	Wen Yuxiu.

More Clips From Episode

Total 199 clips (Page 8 of 10)

HSK 5

0:03s

我欠你太多了

wǒ qiàn nǐ tài duō leYuxiu, I owe you too much.

HSK 5

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反正这郝赢他也不喜欢小姑娘

fǎn zhèng zhè hǎo yíng tā yě bù xǐ huān xiǎo gū niángAnyway, Hao Ying didn't want daughters.

HSK 1

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等我再见到她的时候

děng wǒ zài jiàn dào tā de shí hòuBy the time I saw her again,

HSK 2

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她已经是小名的班主任了

tā yǐ jīng shì xiǎo míng de bān zhǔ rèn leshe was already Xiaoming's homeroom teacher.

HSK 6

0:03s

趁孩子还没回来我们好好说说话

chèn hái zi hái méi huí lái wǒ men hǎo hǎo shuō shuō huàLet's talk before the kids come back.

HSK 1

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我现在是小名的班主任

wǒ xiàn zài shì xiǎo míng de bān zhǔ rènI'm Xiaoming's homeroom teacher now.

HSK 2

0:03s

小名的班主任是个姓周的老师

xiǎo míng de bān zhǔ rèn shì gè xìng zhōu de lǎo shīXiaoming's homeroom teacher is Ms. Zhou.

HSK 1

0:03s

这些年你都去哪儿了

zhè xiē nián nǐ dōu qù nǎ ér leWhere have you been all these years?

HSK 4

0:03s

那之后你们再联系过吗

nà zhī hòu nǐ men zài lián xì guò maDid you contact each other again?

HSK 4

0:03s

她没留下任何联系方式

tā méi liú xià rèn hé lián xì fāng shìShe didn't leave any contact info. I thought about going to the police.

HSK 3

0:03s

可一想她冒名顶替

kě yī xiǎng tā mào míng dǐng tìBut then I thought, maybe the police were looking for her too.

HSK 4

0:03s

没准警察也在找她

méi zhǔn jǐng chá yě zài zhǎo tāBut then I thought, maybe the police were looking for her too.

HSK 6

0:03s

我一报警反而把她的身份暴露了

wǒ yī bào jǐng fǎn ér bǎ tā de shēn fèn bào lù leIf I went to the police, it would expose her identity.

HSK 4

0:03s

她只要活着就一定会回来找我的

tā zhǐ yào huó zhe jiù yí dìng huì huí lái zhǎo wǒ deAs long as she's alive, she will come back to see me.

您知不知道文毓秀她丈夫家的确切地址

HSK 7

0:03s

您知不知道文毓秀她丈夫家的确切地址

nín zhī bù zhī dào wén yù xiù tā zhàng fū jiā dí què qiè dì zhǐDo you know where Wen Yuxiu's husband lives?

HSK 6

0:03s

这我真不知道没往来

zhè wǒ zhēn bù zhī dào méi wǎng láiI have no idea. No contact?

HSK 3

0:03s

没有那有没有写过什么信什么的

méi yǒu nà yǒu méi yǒu xiě guò shén me xìn shén me deNo. Did she ever write any letters?

HSK 2

0:03s

我给你找找啊好好好

wǒ gěi nǐ zhǎo zhǎo a hǎo hǎo hǎoActually, she did. Let me find them for you. Alright.

HSK 5

0:03s

那谁知道现在住哪儿啊不好说呀

nà shuí zhī dào xiàn zài zhù nǎ ér a bù hǎo shuō yaThey lived there back then. Who knows where they live now?

HSK 4

0:03s

这个信我能留着吗你拿去呗

zhè ge xìn wǒ néng liú zhe ma nǐ ná qù beiCan I keep this letter? Take it. It's no use to me.