What Does "这不过是口口相传的陈规罢了" (zhè bù guò shì kǒu kǒu xiāng chuán de chén guī bà le) Mean?

zhè这bù不guò过shì是kǒu口kǒu口xiāng相chuán传de的chén陈guī规bà罢le了

That is merely an old cliche passed down by word of mouth,

HSK Vocabulary

这H1 的H1 罢了H7

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E5

Clip Timestamp

12:22

TMDB ID

275966

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	我们徽州墨业素来有女子不得制墨的规矩	wǒ men huī zhōu mò yè sù lái yǒu nǚ zǐ bù dé zhì mò de guī jǔ	our Huizhou ink industry has always had a rule that women cannot make ink.
2▶	这不过是口口相传的陈规罢了	zhè bù guò shì kǒu kǒu xiāng chuán de chén guī bà le	That is merely an old cliche passed down by word of mouth,
3	并非是落笔成文的定论	bìng fēi shì luò bǐ chéng wén de dìng lùn	but not a written conclusion.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 7

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此事无须再议了

cǐ shì wú xū zài yì lethere's no need to discuss this further.

HSK 4

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恐怕连你我都自叹不如

kǒng pà lián nǐ wǒ dōu zì tàn bù rúIt's probably even better than yours or mine.

HSK 7

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她让我将墨赠人

tā ràng wǒ jiāng mò zèng rénShe asked me to give the ink away.

HSK 4

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恐怕是李老八你啊

kǒng pà shì lǐ lǎo bā nǐ ais probably you, Li the Eighth.

HSK 6

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我知道你守规矩

wǒ zhī dào nǐ shǒu guī jǔI know you follow the rules.

HSK 7

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你钉齿铭誓你不可以制墨

nǐ dīng chǐ míng shì nǐ bù kě yǐ zhì mòYou made a vow that you wouldn't make ink.

HSK 7

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可没人说你不可以教人制墨呀

kě méi rén shuō nǐ bù kě yǐ jiào rén zhì mò yaBut no one ever said that you couldn't teach others to make ink.

HSK 7

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我甘愿一辈子不制墨

wǒ gān yuàn yī bèi zi bù zhì mòI'd be willing to stop making ink for the rest of my life!

HSK 7

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hòu jì yǒu rénto have an inheritor?

你自己好好琢磨琢磨吧这个倔老八

HSK 7

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你自己好好琢磨琢磨吧这个倔老八

nǐ zì jǐ hǎo hǎo zhuó mó zhuó mó ba zhè ge jué lǎo bāThink it over yourself. You stubborn man!

HSK 3

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你说我该怎么办

nǐ shuō wǒ gāi zěn me bànWhat do you think I should do?

HSK 7

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娘您看谁来了

niáng nín kàn shuí lái leMother, look who's here.

HSK 1

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老八你这是做什么

lǎo bā nǐ zhè shì zuò shén meJinshui, what are you doing?

HSK 5

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我愧对七嫂信任

wǒ kuì duì qī sǎo xìn rènI failed your trust, Rujun,

HSK 7

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这些都是往事

zhè xiē dōu shì wǎng shìthese are all in the past.

HSK 6

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是一时置气

shì yī shí zhì qìout of momentary anger.

HSK 4

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让她受烟熏火燎之苦

ràng tā shòu yān xūn huǒ liǎo zhī kǔto suffer from the smoke and fire.

HSK 7

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祯娘待墨一片初心

zhēn niáng dài mò yī piàn chū xīnto be genuinely devoted to it, sticking to her original intention.

HSK 6

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我今日在七嫂面前求一个恩典

wǒ jīn rì zài qī sǎo miàn qián qiú yí gè ēn diǎnToday, I'd like to plead with you, Rujun,

HSK 6

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hé xū qiú aThere is no need to plead with me.