忍 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 林欣彤

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

自少聽得多愛是細水長流

Since I was little, I've heard that love is a gentle stream

吞聲忍氣夠 只能包庇

Swallowing my voice and enduring is only enough to condone

延續你的下流

Continuing your depravity

或者苦中苦吃罷我居然能承受

Perhaps after suffering the bitterest of bitterness, I can actually endure it

良心已 硬似石頭

My conscience is as hard as a stone

就算死都要在你手

Even if I die, I want to die in your hands

是我 我也會順手糟質這個自己

It's me, even I would casually ruin myself

憑什麼使你愛上這奴婢

What makes you love this slave?

誰還自以為仍停留十八世紀

Who still naively thinks it's the 18th century?

什麼都有底線 為何要忍

Everything has a bottom line, why endure?

什麼使你膽敢 橫蠻至今

What makes you so bold, so unreasonable to this day?

若為了怕與你吵架

If it's to avoid arguing with you

沉默卻何曾讓我 像個人

Has silence ever made me feel like a person?

什麼好處使我 仍然要忍

What benefit makes me still want to endure?

未討好你先鄙視自己

Before pleasing you, I despise myself

害你飾演慣壞人

Forcing you to play the spoiled villain

原諒你也難容許我

Forgiving you is difficult, but tolerating myself is even harder

長期難受都忍 也是癮

Enduring the prolonged suffering is also an addiction

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或者應該撕破臉再不回頭

Maybe I should tear everything apart and never look back

誰知我 未敢生氣

Who knew I wouldn't dare to get angry

被放生苦過被困死

Being set free is more painful than being trapped to death

問我 愛到了自卑自賤沒有人味

Ask me, has my love reached a point of inferiority and self-abasement, devoid of humanity?

平日不必照鏡也會嫌棄

I despise myself even without looking in the mirror

憑賢淑縱容狂人同樣也可鄙

Being virtuous and condoning a madman is equally contemptible

什麼都有底線 為何要忍

Everything has a bottom line, why endure?

什麼使你膽敢 橫蠻至今

What makes you so bold, so unreasonable to this day?

若為了怕與你吵架

If it's to avoid arguing with you

沉默卻何曾讓我 像個人

Has silence ever made me feel like a person?

什麼好處使我 仍然要忍

What benefit makes me still want to endure?

未討好你先鄙視自己

Before pleasing you, I despise myself

害你飾演慣壞人

Forcing you to play the spoiled villain

原諒你也難容許我

Forgiving you is difficult, but tolerating myself is even harder

長期難受都忍 也是癮

Enduring the prolonged suffering is also an addiction

可笑是我也真的以為

It's laughable that I really thought

能屈都應該能伸

That I should be flexible when necessary

什麼都有底線 為何要忍

Everything has a bottom line, why endure?

什麼使你膽敢 橫蠻至今

What makes you so bold, so unreasonable to this day?

若命裡要與你吵架

If it's destined to argue with you

沉默也未能成金 怎麼吞

Silence can't make gold, how can I swallow it?

為得到那點愛 何嘗靠忍

To get that bit of love, how can it depend on enduring?

付出的卻可毀掉人生

What I give can destroy my life

被愛得不似活人

Being loved in a way that doesn't feel like a living person

其實我亦高攀著你

Actually, I'm also reaching for you

奴隸可能 合襯

A slave is probably a good match

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 (ài) /aɪ/ A1	verb - to love noun - love
忍 (rěn) /rən/ B1	verb - to endure, to tolerate
沉默 (chénmò) /ʈʂʰən mwo/ B2	adjective - silent, taciturn noun - silence
苦 (kǔ) /kʰu/ A2	adjective - bitter; hardship
石頭 (shítou) /ʂʐ̩̌.tʰoʊ̯/ A1	noun - stone, rock
底線 (dǐxiàn) /ti ɕjɛn/ B2	noun - bottom line; limit
膽敢 (dǎngǎn) /dan gan/ C1	verb - to dare (to do something)
橫蠻 (héngmán) /xɤŋ man/ C1	adjective - unreasonable; willful; truculent
吵架 (chǎojià) /ʈʂʰaʊ t͡ɕja/ B1	verb - to quarrel; to argue
好處 (hǎochù) /xaʊ tʂʰu/ B1	noun - benefit, advantage
鄙視 (bǐshì) /bi ʂi/ B2	verb - to despise, to scorn
壞人 (huàirén) /xwài ʐən/ A2	noun - bad person, villain
原諒 (yuánliàng) /ɥɛn liɑŋ/ B1	verb - to forgive
難受 (nánshòu) /nan ʃoʊ/ B1	adjective - to feel unwell; to suffer
撕破臉 (sīpòliǎn) /sɿ pʰwo ljɛn/ C1	verb - to have a falling out; to break off relations
自卑 (zìbēi) /tsɨ peɪ/ B2	adjective - feeling inferior; self-abased
付出 (fùchū) /fu t͡ʂʰu/ B1	verb - to pay (efforts, price), to invest

Key Grammar Structures

• 就算死都要在你手

  ➔ Even if ..., will ...

  ➔ The phrase "就算...都要" expresses a condition of "even if" and a determination to act regardless of the situation.

• 難容許我

  ➔ Cannot tolerate me

  ➔ The phrase "難容許我" combines "難" (difficulty) and "容許" (tolerance/acceptance) to express inability to accept or tolerate oneself.

• 長期難受都忍

  ➔ Enduring long-term suffering

  ➔ The phrase "長期難受都忍" uses "長期" (long-term) and "難受" (difficult, painful) with "都" (all/always) and "忍" (endure) to indicate continuous endurance of suffering over a long period.

• 為什麼要忍

  ➔ Why must I endure?

  ➔ The question "為什麼要忍" combines "為什麼" (why) with "要" (must, need to) and "忍" (endure) to express questioning the necessity of enduring.

• 怕與你吵架

  ➔ Afraid of arguing with you

  ➔ The phrase "怕與你吵架" uses "怕" (afraid) and "與你吵架" (argue with you) to express fear of conflict.