殘酷遊戲 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 衛蘭

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the world of Cantonese pop with Janice Vidal's '殘酷遊戲,' a poignant exploration of unrequited love. This song provides a window into the emotional landscape of Cantonese music, offering rich vocabulary and expressions related to love, pain, and self-discovery. Discover the beauty and depth of Cantonese through this compelling ballad.

[English]

Who can exchange love with perseverance?

Who can save a narrow victory just by giving?

No matter how much you have, you still can't claim my love

But even in nightmares, I refuse to wake up

How to use life risking to gain tenderness

How to be better than her, but still not enough

Loving feels like a battle, fighting with whom?

No one says goodbye, yet we know we have to leave early

Actually, I claim to suffer only because I can choose to stay or leave

Watching my love for you, like craving love but avoiding it

If I can exhaust my strength to catch you

I can also be left with myself, able to save myself

I know the more I fantasize, the less I should think of you, but I remember more

I intentionally turn bitterness into the flavor of loneliness

Using a cruel game to create humility

Isn't true freedom worse than forever being scolded?

...

No matter how good I am to you, I have no motives

...

How much compassion I give, I also get back

Clearly avoiding you, yet it's not my fate

Clearly, living better than dying is so easy

I know the more I fantasize, the less I should think of you, but I remember more

I intentionally turn bitterness into the flavor of loneliness

Using a cruel game to create humility

Isn't true freedom worse than forever deceiving oneself?

I also know there’s someone far away who cares for me

Also know that it’s best not to demand anything from life

I admit that knowing I’m wrong is still wrong; I want to know and to do

Focusing on work makes everyone better off

Actually, claiming to suffer only because I can choose to stay or leave

Watching my love for you, like craving love but avoiding it

If I can exhaust my strength to catch you

I also understand how I can release my sorrow

I know the more I fantasize, the less I should think of you, but I remember more

I intentionally turn bitterness into the flavor of loneliness

Using a cruel game to create humility

Isn't true freedom worse than forever being scolded?

If being despised is fate

Self-pity, self-abuse, craving for trouble, guests handle their own affairs

...

[Chinese]

誰能用毅力便換來感情

誰憑施捨可保得住慘勝

你有多大量 亦未敢領我的情

但就算是惡夢 拒絕甦醒

如何用玩命 換來溫柔

如何比她好 一樣不夠

談情像奮鬥 共誰在鬥

沒人道別亦知一早要走

其實自命受苦都只因我能離不離

看著對你愛得彷似愛情欲避不避

若能耗盡力氣 去捕捉你

亦能剩下自己可挽救自己

我也知越是幻想不准想你更記得起

我在故意去將苦澀替代寂寞滋味

用殘酷遊戲 製造卑微

自由自在莫非慘過永遠受氣

對你怎麼好 亦無所圖

同情分多少 都也得到

明明避過你 未憑命數

明明極易活得比死更好

我也知越是幻想不准想你更記得起

我在故意去將苦澀替代寂寞滋味

用殘酷遊戲 製造卑微

自由自在莫非慘過永遠自欺

我也知道遠處有人愛惜我

也知做人無求最好不過

我肯知錯也是錯 我想知道也做到

埋頭事業便令大家好過

其實自命受苦都只因我能離不離

看著對你愛得彷似愛情欲避不避

若能耗盡力氣 去捕捉你

亦明如何才可釋放我傷悲

我也知越是幻想不准想你更記得起

我在故意去將苦澀替代寂寞滋味

用殘酷遊戲 製造卑微

自由自在莫非慘過永遠受氣

若然被嫌棄 也是天理

自憐自虐自討苦吃貴客自理

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
毅力 (yìlì) /iːˈlɪk/ B2	noun - perseverance, willpower
感情 (gǎnqíng) /ɡan˨˩ t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˥/ A2	noun - feeling, emotion, affection
施捨 (shīshě) /ʂɻ̩˥ ʂɤ/ C1	verb - to give alms, to bestow
惡夢 (è mèng) /ɤ mɤŋ/ B1	noun - nightmare
玩命 (wánmìng) /wan mɪŋ/ C1	verb - to risk one's life, to go all out
溫柔 (wēnróu) /wənrǒu/ B1	adjective - gentle, tender
談情 (tánqíng) /tʰǎnt͡ɕʰɪŋ/ B2	verb - to talk about love, to court
奮鬥 (fèndòu) /fɤntoʊ/ B1	verb - to strive, to struggle
道別 (dàobié) /taʊ̯⁵¹pi̯ɛ³⁵/ B1	verb - to say goodbye
苦 (kǔ) /ku/ A2	adjective - bitter, hardship
愛情 (àiqíng) /aɪ t͡ɕʰɪŋ/ A2	noun - love
力氣 (lìqì) /lɪ t͡ɕʰi/ A2	noun - strength, effort
幻想 (huànxiǎng) /hwan ɕi̯aŋ/ B1	noun - illusion, fantasy
苦澀 (kǔsè) /kʰùsɤ/ B2	adjective - bitter and astringent, pained
寂寞 (jìmò) /t͡ɕi mwo/ B1	adjective - lonely, solitary
遊戲 (yóuxì) /joʊɕi/ A1	noun - game
卑微 (bēiwēi) /peɪweɪ/ B2	adjective - humble, lowly
自由 (zìyóu) /tsi joʊ/ A2	adjective - free, liberty
事業 (shìyè) /ʂʐ̩ jɛ/ B1	noun - career, undertaking
嫌棄 (xiánqì) /ɕi̯ɛn t͡ɕʰi/ B2	verb - to dislike, to despise
自憐 (zìlián) /tsɨ li̯ɛn/ B2	verb - self-pity
自虐 (zìnüè) /tsi ny̯œ/ C1	verb - self-inflicted suffering, self-harm
苦吃 (kǔchī) /kʰut͡ʂʰɨ/ B2	verb - to suffer hardship