What Does "都说宰相肚里能撑船" (dōu shuō zǎi xiàng dù lǐ néng chēng chuán) Mean?

dōu都shuō说zǎi宰xiàng相dù肚lǐ里néng能chēng撑chuán船

They say a minister's heart can hold a boat.

HSK Vocabulary

都H1 说H1 里H1 能H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E6

Clip Timestamp

6:06

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	就是	jiù shì	Exactly.
2▶	都说宰相肚里能撑船	dōu shuō zǎi xiàng dù lǐ néng chēng chuán	They say a minister's heart can hold a boat.
3	陈大人虽然还不是宰相但也半只脚入阁了	chén dà rén suī rán hái bú shì zǎi xiàng dàn yě bàn zhǐ jiǎo rù gé le	Lord Chen is not yet a prime minister, but he's nearly in the Secretariat.

More Clips From Episode

Total 203 clips (Page 10 of 11)

HSK 5

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赔上了我们俩的一生

péi shàng le wǒ men liǎ de yī shēnghe sacrificed both our lives

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害我们受这样的苦

hài wǒ men shòu zhè yàng de kǔand made us suffer like this.

HSK 4

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他算得什么大义啊

tā suàn dé shén me dà yì aWhat kind of righteousness is that?

HSK 4

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我也要好好地活下去

wǒ yě yào hǎo hǎo dì huó xià qùI must still live well.

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我答应了爹爹就一定要做到

wǒ dā yìng le diē diē jiù yí dìng yào zuò dàoI promised Father, so I must do it.

HSK 4

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怎么他死前跟你说的

zěn me tā sǐ qián gēn nǐ shuō deWhat? Did he tell you before he died?

HSK 5

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今日天色也不早了我们也该走了

jīn rì tiān sè yě bù zǎo le wǒ men yě gāi zǒu leIt is late today. We should be leaving.

顾姑娘还是要多谢你今天为我解围

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顾姑娘还是要多谢你今天为我解围

gù gū niáng hái shì yào duō xiè nǐ jīn tiān wèi wǒ jiě wéiMiss Gu, thank you again for helping me today.

您怎么想起来让顾姑娘去看望聂夫人

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您怎么想起来让顾姑娘去看望聂夫人

nín zěn me xiǎng qǐ lái ràng gù gū niáng qù kàn wàng niè fū rénWhy did you suddenly think of asking Miss Gu to visit Madam Nie?

HSK 3

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我们在宝相寺聊了几句

wǒ men zài bǎo xiāng sì liáo le jǐ jùWe spoke a few words at Baoxiang Temple.

HSK 7

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顾姑娘确实是机灵大胆

gù gū niáng què shí shì jī líng dà dǎnMiss Gu is indeed clever and bold.

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问您什么时候有空想约您见一面

wèn nín shén me shí hòu yǒu kòng xiǎng yuē nín jiàn yí miànShe asks when you are free and wants to meet.

HSK 7

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你找我所为何事说吧

nǐ zhǎo wǒ suǒ wèi hé shì shuō baWhy have you come to me? Speak.

HSK 7

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您交代我的事情我都已经办好了

nín jiāo dài wǒ de shì qíng wǒ dōu yǐ jīng bàn hǎo leThe matter you entrusted to me has been completed.

HSK 7

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难怪您不亲自出面

nán guài nín bù qīn zì chū miànNo wonder you would not appear yourself

HSK 6

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清理了一堆聂家的族人

qīng lǐ le yī duī niè jiā de zú réndealt with a pack of Nie clansmen.

他们逼着聂夫人交出聂大人留下来的东西

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他们逼着聂夫人交出聂大人留下来的东西

tā men bī zhe niè fū rén jiāo chū niè dà rén liú xià lái de dōng xīThey forced Madam Nie to hand over what Lord Nie left behind.

HSK 4

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您和聂大人之间究竟是什么关系

nín hé niè dà rén zhī jiān jiū jìng shì shén me guān xìwhat relationship you had with Lord Nie.

您就不能帮帮她们孤儿寡母吗没有为什么

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您就不能帮帮她们孤儿寡母吗没有为什么

nín jiù bù néng bāng bāng tā men gū ér guǎ mǔ ma méi yǒu wèi shén meCan't you help that orphan and widow? There is no why.

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此事以后你可别再提起

cǐ shì yǐ hòu nǐ kě bié zài tí qǐDo not mention this again.