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

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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 9 of 10)

HSK 4

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我留着也没啥用谢谢你啊

wǒ liú zhe yě méi shá yòng xiè xiè nǐ aTake it. It's no use to me. Thank you.

HSK 3

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我刚才用你给我的名字查了一下

wǒ gāng cái yòng nǐ gěi wǒ de míng zì chá le yī xiàMa'am, I just checked the name you gave me.

这个文毓秀在咱们七道河子农业合作银行

HSK 3

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这个文毓秀在咱们七道河子农业合作银行

zhè ge wén yù xiù zài zán men qī dào hé zi nóng yè hé zuò yín hángWen Yuxiu has a deposit of over 30,000 yuan

但是二〇〇四年的时候这笔钱被一次性取走

HSK 5

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但是二〇〇四年的时候这笔钱被一次性取走

dàn shì èr líng líng sì nián de shí hòu zhè bǐ qián bèi yí cì xìng qǔ zǒuBut the money was withdrawn all at once in 2004.

HSK 5

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但是取走的不是文毓秀本人

dàn shì qǔ zǒu de bú shì wén yù xiù běn rénHowever, it was someone named Hao Ying who withdrew it on her behalf.

HSK 4

0:03s

只知道这张纸你一直都留着

zhǐ zhī dào zhè zhāng zhǐ nǐ yì zhí dōu liú zheI only knew you kept this piece of paper.

HSK 1

0:03s

我去农业合作银行存钱

wǒ qù nóng yè hé zuò yín háng cún qián(In September 2004, I went to the Agricultural Cooperative Bank)

HSK 7

0:03s

我看她神色慌张

wǒ kàn tā shén sè huāng zhāng(She looked flustered and suspicious.)

HSK 5

0:03s

果然发现了问题

guǒ rán fā xiàn le wèn tí(Sure enough, I found a problem.)

HSK 5

0:03s

您好您好存款

nín hǎo nín hǎo cún kuǎnHello. I'd like to make a deposit.

HSK 2

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我已经写了举报信

wǒ yǐ jīng xiě le jǔ bào xìnI've written a complaint letter.

HSK 3

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谁把女儿从我身边抢走

shuí bǎ nǚ ér cóng wǒ shēn biān qiǎng zǒuWhoever takes my daughter away from me will pay.

HSK 6

0:03s

是我在给她惩罚

shì wǒ zài gěi tā chéng fáthat I was the one punishing her.

您看看这是文毓秀在七道河子的存款

HSK 5

0:03s

您看看这是文毓秀在七道河子的存款

nín kàn kàn zhè shì wén yù xiù zài qī dào hé zi de cún kuǎnTake a look. This is Wen Yuxiu's deposit in Qidaohezi.

HSK 5

0:03s

你研究研究开发你的大脑

nǐ yán jiū yán jiū kāi fā nǐ de dà nǎoThis is a small computer. Look into it. Develop your brain.

HSK 1

0:03s

给我的给你的

gěi wǒ de gěi nǐ deIt's for me? It's for you.

有一个学生家长发现了我的身份要举报我

HSK 7

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有一个学生家长发现了我的身份要举报我

yǒu yí gè xué shēng jiā zhǎng fā xiàn le wǒ de shēn fèn yào jǔ bào wǒA student's parent wants to report me for forging my identity.

这些年我存了一些钱我取出来给你

HSK 4

0:03s

这些年我存了一些钱我取出来给你

zhè xiē nián wǒ cún le yī xiē qián wǒ qǔ chū lái gěi nǐI've saved some money. Let me get it for you.

HSK 4

0:03s

你留着你在外面飘荡更需要钱

nǐ liú zhe nǐ zài wài miàn piāo dàng gèng xū yào qiánNo, keep it. You'll need the money out there.

HSK 4

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我可以打工我到哪儿都可以挣钱

wǒ kě yǐ dǎ gōng wǒ dào nǎ ér dōu kě yǐ zhèng qiánI can work. I can earn money anywhere.