Everyday Easy Chinese
Hi everyone! I am Teacher Lin from Everyday Easy Chinese
And today you'll be learning
7 Chinese phrases,
that I have personally selected from this very popular Chinese drama,
called 陈情令 (chén qíng lìng),
'The Untamed'.
Before we start,
I want to give a shoutout to one of our Everyday Easy Chinese
学生, Iffath Hanif,
for recommending this drama.
We've also linked the first episode in the description below.
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Okay, let's start watching!
Wow, it's so, so dramatic already,
it's not even past the 5 minute mark yet.
And this is the first episode.
要说这魏无羡 (yào shuō zhè wèi wú xiàn),
十六年前也是仙门之中 (shíliù nián qián yěshì xiān mén zhī zhōng),
极负盛名的 (jí fù shèngmíng de),
世家公子 (shìjiā gōngzǐ),
年少成名 (niánshào chéngmíng),
何等风光恣意 (héděng fēngguāng zìyì).
This is very colorful language, that is used here,
let's go through it together.
So, he starts of by saying,
要说这魏无羡 (yào shuō zhè wèi wú xiàn),
which means 'if we have to talk about 魏无羡'
魏无羡 (wèi wú xiàn) is a person's name.
十六年前也是仙门之中 (shíliù nián qián yěshì xiān mén zhī zhōng),
which means,
'16 years ago, out of all 仙门',
Typo here as the drama mentions: 仙门 (xiān mén) which means clan / sect.
and not 仙们!
So, here is where the colorful language starts to happen,
he says 极负盛名的 (jí fù shèngmíng de),
so, 极 (jí) means 'very',
负 (fù) means 'to possess',
盛名 (shèngmíng) means 'prestige' or 'reputation'.
So, they are saying that he
possesses a lot of prestige,
so he is a very prestigious or a very reputable person.
的 (de)
modifies the noun that comes after.
So, what comes after is,
世家公子 (shìjiā gōngzǐ),
世家 (shìjiā),
means an aristocratic family,
so a very wealthy family
and 公子 (gōngzi) is an ancient way of saying 'son' or 'master'.
So, they are basically saying,
he is a son from a very wealthy, from a really good family.
年少成名 (niánshào chéngmíng),
年 (nián) mean 'years',
少 (shào) means 'young'
and 成 (chéng) means 'to achieve',
名 (míng) means 'name'
but it can also mean reputation or fame.
So, what they are trying to say here
is that at a very early age he achieved
"name", so he achieved lots of fame
because you need a lot of people to know your name
before you are famous, right?
And then we have,
何等风光恣意 (héděng fēngguāng zìyì),
何等 (héděng) means 'how',
for example, 'how wonderful, how great, how glorious'
that kind of 'how'.
风光 (fēngguāng) means 'sight',
and then
恣意 (zìyì) means 'limitless'.
So, what he is saying here is 'what a limitless sight',
so he is basically saying, 'what a glorious, what a wonderful sight, this person was'.
So altogether it means,
if we have to talk about 魏无羡 (wèi wú xiàn),
16 years ago out of all the celestial beings,
he was someone that had lots of prestige,
he was a master from a very well off family,
he achieved fame at a young age,
what a wonderful sight.
As you can see in Chinese
we like groupings of 4 characters together,
极负盛名 (jí fù shèngmíng),
世家公子 (shìjiā gōngzi),
年少成名 (niánshào chéngmíng),
风光恣意 (fēngguāng zìyì),
These are all 4 characters
and they make the language sound a bit more poetic
and well-cultured.
Let's carry on!
I wonder what there......It's already
very dramatic and it hasn't even started yet.
So dramatic again
So harsh
作为你表哥 (zuòwéi nǐ biǎo gē),
我好心奉劝你几句 (wǒ hǎoxīn fèngquàn nǐ jǐ jù),
不要学你那死鬼母亲那样 (bú yào xué nǐ nà sǐguǐ mǔqīn nàyàng)
做那白日梦 (zuò nà bái rì mèng).
作为 (zuòwéi) means 'as',
so as, 你表哥 (nǐ biǎo gē),
'as your cousin'
我 (wǒ) means 'I'
好心 (hǎoxīn) means, literally means 'good heart',
so it means with kind intentions
奉劝 (fèngquàn)
which means 'advise' or 'suggests'
你 (nǐ) means 'you'
几句 (jǐ jù) means 'a few words'.
So, altogether this part means,
as your older cousin,
I will kindly give you a few words of advice
不要 (bú yào) means 'do not'
学你 (xué nǐ)
学 (xué) means 'to learn'
你 (nǐ) means 'you'
死鬼 (sǐguǐ) means 'dead'
so 死 (sǐ) means 'dead'
and 鬼 (guǐ) means 'ghost'
If you put that together its a harsh way of saying 'dead'.
Nowadays, people do use it in a very cute way
if they want to call someone naughty, they can call them 死鬼 (sǐguǐ)
in a cute way
母亲 (mǔqīn)
means 'mother',
那样 (nàyàng) means 'like that'.
做那白日梦 (zuò nà bái rì mèng),
so 白日 (bái rì) means 'day'
and 梦 (mèng) means 'dream'.
So, if you put 白日梦 (bái rì mèng) together
it means 'daydream'
and 做 (zuò) means 'to do'
but it is the verb for dream
So, you are basically saying
'to dream a daydream'
做那白日梦 (zuò nà bái rì mèng),
so this part of the sentence is
'don't be like your dead mother,
just daydreaming all the time'.
Let's carry on watching
So, she said 我的这为侄子 (wǒ de zhè wèi zhí zǐ),
自小就犯疯病 (zì xiǎo jiù fàn fēng bìng),
请大家千万别见笑啊 (qǐng dàjiā qiān wàn bié jiànxiào a).
So, let's go through this,
我的 (wǒ de) means 'my'
这为 (zhè wèi) means 'this'
so, 为 (wèi) is a measure word for 'people'
and she is saying 侄子 (zhí zǐ)
侄子 (zhí zǐ) means 'nephew'
自小 (zì xiǎo)
自 (zì) means 'since'
小 (xiǎo) means 'young'
so, 自小 (zì xiǎo) means 'since childhood'
就 (jiù) emphasizes this period
so she is trying to emphasis that
from childhood
犯疯病 (fàn fēng bìng)
is quite an olden term
so 犯 (fàn) means 'to commit'.
For example, to commit crime or a sin
and 疯病 (fēng bìng) means 'madness',
a madness disease.
So, she is saying 'my nephew since childhood,
has been mad, has been quite crazy'.
请 (qǐng) means 'please'
大家(dàjiā) means 'everyone'
千万 (qiān wàn) means '10 million'
but, she is actually not saying the number here,
别 (bié) means 'don't'
and 见笑 (jiànxiào) means 'to see smile', so it basically means
'to mock'.
So, she's basically saying 'please everyone don't mock us, don't laugh too much',
in other words she's trying to get everyone,
to please be more understanding of the situation.
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Okay, back to the drama
So naughty
何必跟他计较 (hébì gēn tā jìjiào)
何必 (hébì) means 'why?'
跟 (gēn) means 'with'
他 (tā) means 'him'
计较 (jìjiào) means 'to cause a fuss' or 'to argue'.
So, altogether
何必跟他计较 (hébì gēn tā jìjiào)
means 'why bother arguing with him?, why bother causing a fuss?'
昨天晚上 (zuótiān wǎnshàng)
有没有再三告诉他 (yǒu méiyǒu zàisān gàosù tā)
不要碰这里的任何东西 (bú yào pèng zhèlǐ de rènhé dōngxī).
晚上 (wǎnshàng) means 'at night',
有没有 (yǒu méiyǒu) means 'haven't I'
so, it is a yes or no question structure here.
再三 (zàisān) means 'again' so repeatedly 'again and again',
告诉 (gàosù) means 'inform, to tell'
他 (tā), 'him'.
So, this first part is saying,
'yesterday night,
did I not tell him again and again'.
不要 (bú yào) means 'do not'
碰 (pèng) means 'to touch'
这里 (zhèlǐ) means 'here'
的 (de) modifies the noun afterwards,
which is 任何东西 (rènhé dōngxī),
which means 'any item',
任何 (rènhé) means 'any'
and 东西 (dōngxi) means 'item'.
So, altogether it means,
Yesterday night, did I not repeatedly tell him again and again
not to touch anything of the items here.
Let's continue
This drama keeps getting dramatic and then it's lighthearted
and then dramatic
Wow
果然还是披麻戴孝 (Guǒrán háishì pī má dàixiào)
果然 (guǒrán) means 'as expected'
还是 (háishì) means 'still'
and 披麻戴孝 (pī má dàixiào)
means 'dressed from head to toe in white'.
Now, if you didn't know, at Chinese funerals
people don't normally wear black,
like in many other cultures and countries,
they wear head to toe in white.
So, what he is trying to say is that,
he looks like, he's mourning someone.
In other words, he looks quite silly in what he is wearing.
Okay, let's watch the remaining part.
发财喽! 发财喽! (fācái lou! fācái lou!),
it's an expression people use when they get rich,
so, 发 (fā), has lots of meanings but,
the meaning over here is 'to make'
财 (cái) means 'wealth',
so 发财 means 'to make lots of wealth',
basically means to make a fortune or get rich
喽 (lou) is an exclamative particle which brings attention
to what he is saying,
so he wants people to notice.
So, he is saying 发财喽! 发财喽! (fācái lou! fācái lou!),
which means 'I'm rich! I'm rich!'
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