蜚蜚 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳僖儀, Sita Chan
• Album: 等．我愛你

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a journey of cultural and emotional discovery, and Sita Chan's “蜚蜚” is a beautiful gateway to Cantonese. The song's clear and emotive vocals make it easier to follow the lyrics and grasp the nuances of the language. More than just words, you will learn to express deep and complex emotions like love, pain, and resignation, which are universal yet have a unique cultural expression in Cantopop. This song is special not only for its beautiful melody but also as a touching legacy of a talented artist gone too soon, making the experience of learning through it all the more meaningful.

[English]

Loving you always brings gossip and rumors

I heard you treat love like a circus

Happy then forgotten, admired then abandoned

Loving you means hating myself too

Like a love on the edge of a cliff, how wonderful is it really?

I'm only deceiving myself that I can win love

Love under a crumbling wall, bearing too much sorrow

I hate that I should have stayed away

I'm tired of hearing these rights and wrongs

In the end, I decided to blindly love you

I guess I deserve to die, I can't live without you

Gossip tries its best to reverse black and white for you

Loving you on the edge of a cliff, how wonderful is it really?

I'm only deceiving myself that I can win love

Love under a crumbling wall, bearing too much sorrow

I hate that I should have let go

If it's a wrong love, I don't dare to reveal it

Cruel is right, tears are right

...

Loving bitterly and blandly, will there be a blossoming one day?

Can there be love in the process of burying self-esteem?

Love under rumors, there are too many competitions ahead

Destined to be separated

...

[Chinese]

愛上你 總會流言蜚蜚

聽說你 對待情像馬戲

開心過便失憶 欣賞過便唾棄

愛你 同時亦要憎自己

仿似懸崖上戀愛 其實有多精彩

全憑自欺欺騙我贏得到愛

危牆下的愛 承受太多悲哀

我恨我應該 躲開

我厭棄 聽這是是非非

到最尾 決定盲目愛你

應該我是該死 不可以沒有你

流言替你盡力倒轉黑白

跟你懸崖上戀愛 其實有多精彩

全憑自欺欺騙我贏得到愛

危牆下的愛 承受太多悲哀

我恨我應該 放開

若是錯愛 我不敢揭開

殘酷應該 流淚應該

苦澀無味地戀愛 難道有天花開

埋沒自尊心這過程可有愛

流言下的愛 前面太多的比賽

注定要分開

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 (ài) /aɪ/ A1	verb - to love noun - love
流言 (liúyán) /ljoʊjæn/ B2	noun - rumor, gossip
憎 (zēng) /zəŋ/ C1	verb - to hate, to detest
懸崖 (xuányá) /ʃwaenjæ/ B2	noun - cliff
精彩 (jīngcǎi) /dʒɪŋtsaɪ/ B1	adjective - wonderful, brilliant
自欺欺騙 (zìqīqīpiàn) /tsɨ̀tɕʰítɕʰípjɛ̀n/ C1	verb - to deceive oneself
危牆 (wēiqiáng) /weɪtɕʰi̯ɑŋ/ C1	noun - dangerous wall, crumbling wall
承受 (chéngshòu) /tʃʰəŋʃoʊ/ B2	verb - to bear, to endure
悲哀 (bēi'āi) /beɪaɪ/ B2	noun - sorrow, grief
躲開 (duǒkāi) /dwoʊkaɪ/ B1	verb - to avoid, to dodge
厭棄 (yànqì) /jɛntɕʰi/ C1	verb - to detest, to loathe
是非 (shìfēi) /ʃɨfeɪ/ B1	noun - right and wrong, dispute
盲目 (mángmù) /mɑŋmu/ B2	adjective - blind, blindly
錯愛 (cuò'ài) /tsʰwoaɪ/ B2	noun - misplaced love, wrong love
殘酷 (cánkù) /tsʰankʰu/ B2	adjective - cruel, ruthless
苦澀 (kǔsè) /kʰuse/ B2	adjective - bitter and astringent
花開 (huākāi) /xwa kʰaɪ/ B1	verb - flowers bloom
埋沒 (máimò) /maɪmoʊ/ C1	verb - to bury, to obliterate
自尊心 (zìzūnxīn) /tsiːtsuːnʃiːn/ B2	noun - self-esteem, self-respect

Key Grammar Structures

• 愛上你 總會流言蜚蜚

  ➔ Future tense with 'will' to express certainty.

  ➔ The phrase "will" indicates a strong belief that rumors will arise when falling in love.

• 我恨我應該 躲開

  ➔ Use of 'should' to express obligation or advice.

  ➔ The phrase "should" indicates a regret about not avoiding the situation.

• 流言替你盡力倒轉黑白

  ➔ Use of 'to' for purpose or intention.

  ➔ The phrase "to" indicates the intention of changing the narrative for someone.

• 若是錯愛 我不敢揭開

  ➔ Conditional sentences to express hypothetical situations.

  ➔ The phrase "if" introduces a condition that leads to a fear of revealing the truth.

• 苦澀無味地戀愛 難道有天花開

  ➔ Use of rhetorical questions to provoke thought.

  ➔ The rhetorical question suggests doubt about the possibility of love being sweet.

• 注定要分開

  ➔ Use of 'be destined to' to express inevitability.

  ➔ The phrase "destined to" indicates a belief that separation is unavoidable.