What Does "省得偷鸡不成蚀把米" (shěng de tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ) Mean?

shěng省de得tōu偷jī鸡bù不chéng成shí蚀bǎ把mǐ米

Save yourself from more trouble.

HSK Vocabulary

得H2 偷H6 鸡H3 不H1 成H6 把H3 米H3

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E3

Clip Timestamp

6:55

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	现在知道疼了疼就少撒谎少撺掇我娘	xiàn zài zhī dào téng le téng jiù shǎo sā huǎng shǎo cuān duō wǒ niáng	You know it hurts now? If it hurts so much, stop lying and egging my mother on.
2▶	省得偷鸡不成蚀把米	shěng de tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ	Save yourself from more trouble.
3	这孩子怎么说话呢	zhè hái zi zěn me shuō huà ne	What's wrong with the way you're talking?

More Clips From Episode

Total 85 clips (Page 1 of 5)

谁给谁下马威啊这当家人又是谁呀

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谁给谁下马威啊这当家人又是谁呀

shuí gěi shuí xià mǎ wēi a zhè dāng jiā rén yòu shì shuí yaWho's trying to intimidate who here? And who exactly runs this household?

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0:03s

不过是煎个药何必小题大做

bù guò shì jiān gè yào hé bì xiǎo tí dà zuòIt's just brewing medicine. No need to make a fuss.

HSK 2

0:03s

周妈妈你这么无事生非

zhōu mā mā nǐ zhè me wú shì shēng fēiNanny, you're making trouble for no reason.

非要在太太和宋姨娘之间挑拨离间

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非要在太太和宋姨娘之间挑拨离间

fēi yào zài tài tài hé sòng yí niáng zhī jiān tiǎo bō lí jiànDeliberately sowing discord between Madam and Lady Song?

HSK 7

0:03s

只是一不留神说秃噜嘴了而已

zhǐ shì yī bù liú shén shuō tū lū zuǐ le ér yǐIt was just a slip of the tongue!

HSK 7

0:03s

岂有此理岂有此理

qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐThis is outrageous! This is outrageous!

HSK 1

0:03s

好你个刁奴

hǎo nǐ gè diāo núYou insolent servant!

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0:03s

竟敢这般以下犯上

jìng gǎn zhè bān yǐ xià fàn shàngHow dare you overstep your place!

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0:03s

别说挨打了连挨骂都没挨过

bié shuō ái dǎ le lián ái mà dōu méi āi guòShe's never even been scolded, let alone beaten.

HSK 4

0:03s

他就是想把自己择干净

tā jiù shì xiǎng bǎ zì jǐ zé gān jìngHe's trying to wash his hands of this.

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0:03s

他打周妈妈就是想堵住我的嘴

tā dǎ zhōu mā mā jiù shì xiǎng dǔ zhù wǒ de zuǐBeating Nanny Zhou is his way of shutting me up.

就得让我把九年前的这口恶气给出了

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就得让我把九年前的这口恶气给出了

jiù dé ràng wǒ bǎ jiǔ nián qián de zhè kǒu è qì gěi chū lehe has to let me let out this nine years of resentment.

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0:03s

周妈妈不过是个狗腿子

zhōu mā mā bù guò shì gè gǒu tuǐ ziNanny Zhou was nothing but a lapdog.

HSK 5

0:03s

澜姐儿怪腌臜的

lán jiě ér guài ā zā dePlease, this is too filthy.

HSK 7

0:03s

又没招你又没惹你

yòu méi zhāo nǐ yòu méi rě nǐwho'd done nothing to you,

HSK 7

0:03s

你合着为朝姐儿报仇呢是吧

nǐ hé zhe wèi cháo jiě ér bào chóu ne shì baAre you trying to get revenge for her or something?

HSK 7

0:03s

天生就是少良心的

tiān shēng jiù shì shǎo liáng xīn deI was born heartless?

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您打小就是娇生惯养

nín dǎ xiǎo jiù shì jiāo shēng guàn yǎngYou've been pampered since childhood.

HSK 5

0:03s

您别怪我说话不中听

nín bié guài wǒ shuō huà bù zhōng tīngdon't blame me for speaking plainly.

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0:03s

老子就是看不惯你们这些清流

lǎo zi jiù shì kàn bù guàn nǐ men zhè xiē qīng liúBecause I can't stand you self-righteous Confucian purists!