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

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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.

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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.

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确实不是在下所画

què shí bú shì zài xià suǒ huàIt was indeed not painted by me.

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只是什么只是有些虚浮

zhǐ shì shén me zhǐ shì yǒu xiē xū fúOnly what? It feels somewhat hollow,

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不像是真情流露

bù xiàng shì zhēn qíng liú lùnot like true feeling.

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应当是一位上了些年纪

yīng dāng shì yī wèi shàng le xiē nián jìIt should be an older

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三伯父顾姑娘她不是有意的

sān bó fù gù gū niáng tā bú shì yǒu yì deUncle. Miss Gu did not mean it.

竟然在这里胡乱点评您的佳作还请您恕罪

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竟然在这里胡乱点评您的佳作还请您恕罪

jìng rán zài zhè lǐ hú luàn diǎn píng nín de jiā zuò hái qǐng nín shù zuìI dared to judge your fine work so rashly. Please forgive me.

HSK 6

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顾姑娘不必道歉

gù gū niáng bù bì dào qiànMiss Gu need not apologize.

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那能不能送给我王公子既然喜欢

nà néng bù néng sòng gěi wǒ wáng gōng zi jì rán xǐ huānThen may I have it? Since Young Master Wang likes it,

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那多谢陈大人了

nà duō xiè chén dà rén leThank you, Lord Chen.

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其实我是来找叶世子的

qí shí wǒ shì lái zhǎo yè shì zi deActually, I came to find Lord Ye.

HSK 4

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我还有道谜题没猜出来不回去

wǒ hái yǒu dào mí tí méi cāi chū lái bù huí qùI still have a riddle unsolved. I'm not going back.

HSK 1

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是什么样的谜题能难倒世子爷

shì shén me yàng de mí tí néng nán dǎo shì zi yéWhat kind of riddle could stump Lord Ye?

是顾姑娘出的一道谜题把大家伙都给难住了

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是顾姑娘出的一道谜题把大家伙都给难住了

shì gù gū niáng chū de yī dào mí tí bǎ dà jiā huo dōu gěi nán zhù leIt is a riddle from Miss Gu. It has stumped everyone.

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这我马上将这彩头给您送过去

zhè wǒ mǎ shàng jiāng zhè cǎi tóu gěi nín sòng guò qùI'll have the prize sent to you at once.

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你们这么多人都没有猜出来

nǐ men zhè me duō rén dōu méi yǒu cāi chū láiWith so many of you here, no one guessed it?

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明年春闱你可打算下场啊

míng nián chūn wéi nǐ kě dǎ suàn xià chǎng aFor next spring's imperial exam, do you plan to sit for it?

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替你批阅一次文章

tì nǐ pī yuè yī cì wén zhānghe will review an essay for you.

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不像是真情流露

bù xiàng shì zhēn qíng liú lùnot like true feeling.

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这宝相寺的香火好旺啊

zhè bǎo xiāng sì de xiāng huǒ hǎo wàng aincense burns so strongly at Baoxiang Temple.

是啊今儿重阳节也不都是过来祈福的

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是啊今儿重阳节也不都是过来祈福的

shì a jīn ér chóng yáng jié yě bù dōu shì guò lái qí fú deYes. Today is the Double Ninth Festival. Not everyone is here to pray.