不難 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 徐佳瑩
• Album: 理想人生

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional world of 徐佳莹 with "不難", a song that teaches you how to express the bittersweet feelings of a breakup in Mandarin. Experience the power of Chinese lyrics to convey the strength we try to project when love lingers, making this song a unique lesson in language and emotions.

[English]

My belongings, you’ve already sorted them out

Actually, I’d prefer you not to agree so quickly

People who talk about breaking up often want to try harder first

Who can truly cut ties completely

I understand this time I shouldn’t be soft anymore

I don’t blame you for being considerate

Instead, I envy those who part ways unhappily

Only then am I willing to turn away

Saying goodbye isn’t hard

Just don’t ask who truly wants to say it

Like family, like friends — just lies and pretenses

Back then, how much I liked you, just a vicious cycle

Sorry isn’t hard to say

Whether we still love each other has nothing to do with it

Ending a phase formally

Who keeps the fading memories? Not very optimistic

I understand this time I shouldn’t be soft anymore

I don’t blame you for being considerate

Instead, I envy those who part ways unhappily

Only then am I willing to turn away

Saying goodbye isn’t hard

Just don’t ask who truly wants to say it

Like family, like friends — just lies and pretenses

Back then, how much I liked you, just a vicious cycle

Sorry isn’t hard to say

Whether we still love each other has nothing to do with it

Ending a phase formally

Who keeps the fading memories? Not very optimistic

Time will ultimately be stronger than love

Forgetting anything isn’t hard

Saying goodbye isn’t hard

Just don’t ask who truly wants to say it

Like family, like friends — just lies and pretenses

The more I liked, the more it became a vicious cycle

Wanting to recover isn’t hard

Waiting for the day each to find their next connection

About you, it’ll naturally fade away

Back then, how much I liked and how entangled I was

Even to the point of forgetting everything

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[Chinese]

我的東西你早已經整理完

其實寧願你別答應那麼快

提分手的人往往想再努力看看

誰真的能一刀兩斷

我也清楚這次不該再心軟

對於你的體貼全然不責怪

反而羨慕起有些人分得不愉快

才捨得轉身離開

說再見 不難

就別問是誰真心想說出來

像家人像朋友都只是欺瞞

當初多喜歡只是惡性循環

說抱歉 不難

跟我們是否還相愛也無關

形式上去結束某一個階段

淡去的記憶將由誰保管 都不是太樂觀

我也清楚這次不該再心軟

對於你的體貼全然不責怪

反而羨慕起有些人分得不愉快

才捨得轉身離開

說再見 不難

就別問是誰真心想說出來

像家人像朋友都只是欺瞞

當初多喜歡只是惡性循環

說抱歉 不難

跟我們是否還相愛也無關

形式上去結束某一個階段

淡去的記憶將由誰保管 都不是太樂觀

時間終究會比愛強悍

忘記什麼都不難

說再見 不難

就別問是誰真心想說出來

像家人像朋友都只是欺瞞

當初越喜歡越是惡性循環

想復原 不難

等某天各自出現下個牽絆

關於你很自然會煙消雲散

當初多喜歡多糾纏

甚至都想不起來

Key Grammar Structures

• 我也清楚這次不該再心軟

  ➔ Use of 也 (yě) to indicate 'also' or 'too' and 不該 (bù gāi) to express 'should not' or 'must not'.

  ➔ The phrase combines 也 ('also') with 不該 ('should not') to emphasize that 'I also know I shouldn't be soft-hearted this time'.

• 時間終究會比愛強悍

  ➔ Use of 會 (huì) to indicate future or inevitability, and comparative 會比 (huì bǐ) to show 'will be stronger than'.

  ➔ The phrase suggests that eventually, time will outweigh or overcome love in strength.

• 像家人像朋友都只是欺瞞

  ➔ Use of 像...像... (xiang... xiang...) to compare two similar things, meaning 'like... like...'.

  ➔ The sentence compares relationships, indicating that these relationships are just like pretending or deceit, not genuine.

• 形式上去結束某一個階段

  ➔ Use of 形式上 (xíngshì shàng) to mean 'formally' or 'on the surface', indicating a formal or superficial action.

  ➔ The phrase indicates ending a stage or phase in a formal or superficial manner, not necessarily implying deep change.

• 想復原 不難

  ➔ Use of 想 (xiǎng) to express 'want to' or 'hope to', and 不難 (bù nán) to mean 'not difficult'.

  ➔ The combination expresses the desire or hope that restoring or recovering is not difficult.