爱人错过 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 无孟子

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the melancholic beauty of Wú Mèngzǐ's Mandarin cover, '爱人错过' (Lover Missed), an emotionally rich song that delves into themes of predestined but missed connections. The prominent repeating lines will help learners internalize common structures expressing longing and the passage of time in Mandarin.

[English]

I’m sure I told you I loved you hundreds of years ago.

It’s just that you forgot.

I didn’t remember either.

I’m sure I told you I loved you hundreds of years ago.

It’s just that you forgot.

I didn’t remember either.

I’m sure I told you I loved you hundreds of years ago.

It’s just that you forgot.

I didn’t remember either.

I walked by, just passing by, never ran into you.

Turn around, turn around—it's still wrong.

You and I have never felt it.

We keep bumping into each other at the street corner.

Your mom didn’t tell you.

If you bump into someone, you should say sorry.

Today was supposed to go well.

Lovers have missed each other.

I’m sure I told you I loved you hundreds of years ago.

It’s just that you forgot.

I didn’t remember either.

I’m sure I told you I loved you hundreds of years ago.

It’s just that you forgot.

I didn’t remember either.

I walked by, just passing by, never ran into you.

Turn around, turn around—it's still wrong.

You and I have never felt it.

We keep bumping into each other at the street corner.

Your mom didn’t tell you.

If you bump into someone, you should say sorry.

Originally, today was supposed to be good.

Lovers have missed each other.

I walked by, just passing by, never ran into you.

Turn around, turn around—it's still wrong.

You and I have never felt it.

We keep bumping into each other at the street corner.

Your mom didn’t tell you.

If you bump into someone, you should say you’re sorry.

Today was supposed to go well.

Lovers have missed each other.

[Chinese]

Wǒ kěndìng zài jǐ bǎi nián qián jiù shuōguò ài nǐ

Zhǐshì nǐ wàngle

Wǒ yě méi jì qǐ

Wǒ kěndìng zài jǐ bǎi nián qián jiù shuōguò ài nǐ

Zhǐshì nǐ wàngle

Wǒ yě méi jì qǐ

Wǒ kěndìng zài jǐ bǎi nián qián jiù shuōguò ài nǐ

Zhǐshì nǐ wàngle

Wǒ yě méi jì qǐ

Zǒuguò lùguò méi yùguò

Huítóu zhuǎntóu háishì cuò

Nǐ wǒ bùcéng gǎnshòuguò

Xiāng zhuàng zài jiēkǒu xiāng zhuàng zài jiēkǒu

Nǐ mā méiyǒu gàosù nǐ

Zhuàng dào rén yào shuō duìbùqǐ

Bě lái jīntiān hǎohǎo de

Àirén jiù cuòguò àirén jiù cuòguò

Wǒ kěndìng zài jǐ bǎi nián qián jiù shuōguò ài nǐ

Zhǐshì nǐ wàngle

Wǒ yě méi jì qǐ

Wǒ kěndìng zài jǐ bǎi nián qián jiù shuōguò ài nǐ

Zhǐshì nǐ wàngle

Wǒ yě méi jì qǐ

Zǒuguò lùguò méi yùguò

Huítóu zhuǎntóu háishì cuò

Nǐ wǒ bùcéng gǎnshòuguò

Xiāng zhuàng zài jiēkǒu xiāng zhuàng zài jiēkǒu

Nǐ mā méiyǒu gàosù nǐ

Zhuàng dào rén yào shuō duìbùqǐ

Bě lái jīntiān hǎohǎo de

Àirén jiù cuòguò àirén jiù cuòguò

Zǒuguò lùguò méi yùguò

Huítóu zhuǎntóu háishì cuò

Nǐ wǒ bùcéng gǎnshòuguò

Xiāng zhuàng zài jiēkǒu xiāng zhuàng zài jiēkǒu

Nǐ mā méiyǒu gàosù nǐ

Zhuàng dào rén yào shuō duìbùqǐ

Bě lái jīntiān hǎohǎo de

Àirén jiù cuòguò àirén jiù cuòguò

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ài /aɪ/ A1	verb - to love noun - love (a feeling)
rén /ʐən/ A1	noun - person; human
shuō /ʂwɔ/ A1	verb - to speak; to say
yào /jɑʊ/ A1	verb - to want; to need
jīntiān /tɕiŋ˥ tʰjɛn˨˩/ A1	noun - today
wàng /wɑŋ˥/ A2	verb - to forget
jì qǐ /tɕi˥ tɕʰi˧˥/ B1	verb - to remember; to recall
hǎohǎo /xaʊ˨˩ xaʊ˨˩/ B1	adjective - good; properly
duìbuqǐ /tweɪ˥ pu˧˥ tɕʰi˥/ A1	phrase - sorry; I’m sorry
gàosù /kɑʊ˥ su˥/ B1	verb - to tell; to inform
kěndìng /kən˥ tiŋ˥/ B2	verb - to determine; to be certain adjective - certain; sure
bǎi nián /pai˨˩ njen˥/ C1	noun - a hundred years
cuòguò /tsʰwɔ˥ kʊ˥/ B2	verb - to miss (an opportunity)
guòqù /kʰu˥ tɕʰy˥/ B1	noun - the past
huítóu /xwei˥ tʰou˥/ B2	verb - to look back
zhuǎntóu /tʂwæn˥ tʰou˥/ B2	verb - to turn one's head
gǎnshòu /kan˥ ʂoʊ˥/ B2	verb - to feel; to experience noun - feeling; perception
xiāngzhuàng /ɕjɑŋ˥ tʂwaŋ˥/ C1	verb - to collide; to crash into each other
jiēkǒu /tɕiɑʊ˥ kʰou˥/ C2	noun - junction; intersection (of roads)

Key Grammar Structures

• 我肯定在几百年前就说过爱你

  ➔ Use of 在…就…过 to express an action that already happened long ago

  ➔ The word "就" emphasizes that the speaker said "I love you" **already** a few hundred years ago.

• 只是你忘了，我也没记起

  ➔ Structure of 只...也没... for contrast and negative past

  ➔ The phrase "也没" ("also didn't") shows that the speaker did **not** recall either.

• 走过路过没遇过

  ➔ Verb + 过 for experiential aspect; negative form 没 + 过

  ➔ The word "没遇过" means "have **never** met"; the past experience marker "过" is negated by "没".

• 回头转头还是错

  ➔ Use of 还是 to mean "still" or "after all"

  ➔ The word "还是" stresses that even after turning back, it is **still** wrong.

• 你我不能感受过

  ➔ Ability negation with 不能 + verb

  ➔ The phrase "不能" means "cannot"; here it shows that "you and I **cannot** feel".

• 撞到人要说对不起

  ➔ Obligation expressed with 要 + verb

  ➔ The word "要" indicates that after bumping someone, one **must** say "sorry".

• 你妈没有告诉你

  ➔ Negative past with 没有 + verb

  ➔ "没有" negates the verb, meaning "your mother **did not** tell you".

• 今天好好地

  ➔ Adverbial modifier with 地 after an adjective

  ➔ "好好地" uses "好" plus the adverbial marker "地" to mean "properly" or "well".