捨不得的時刻 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳華 (Hua Chen)
• Album: 華與浪漫

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the evocative world of Mandarin Chinese with 陳華's heartfelt ballad, "捨不得的時刻" (Memorable Times). This song offers a beautiful opportunity to learn expressions of longing, sorrow, and gentle comfort, enriched by 陳華's delicate vocals and poetic lyrics that speak to the universal experience of holding onto precious memories.

[English]

The nights here don't have goodnights

So there's no sadness, no need to struggle

Just deposit your tears right here

Time doesn't pass in this place

So there are no tears to pay for

Just place your sorrow right here

It's not actually that hard

In this space of unwillingness to let go

You, dimmed and without light

Your seasons without him

Clutching at the seams of time

In these moments of unwillingness to let go

Everything about you

The sun and the moon

Seem to want to part ways with me too

The nights here don't have goodnights

So there's no sadness, no need to struggle

Just deposit your tears right here

Time doesn't pass in this place

So there are no tears to pay for

Just place your sorrow right here

It's not actually that hard

In this space of unwillingness to let go

You, dimmed and without light

Your seasons without him

Clutching at the seams of time

In these moments of unwillingness to let go

Everything about you

The sun and the moon

Seem to want to part ways with me too

In this space of unwillingness to let go

You, dimmed and without light

Your seasons without him

Clutching at the seams of time

In these moments of unwillingness to let go

Everything about you

The sun and the moon

Seem to want to part ways with me too

There's a city

Filled with tears

And there's you

[Chinese]

這裡的夜晚沒有晚安

就沒有悲傷不用為難

就把眼淚 往這存放

這裡的時間沒有流轉

就沒有眼淚不用買單

就把難過 往這裡放

其實沒那麼難

捨不得的時空裡

黯淡無光的你

沒有了他的四季

抓時間的縫隙

捨不得的時刻裡

任何關於的你

太陽月亮

似乎也想與我別離

這裡的夜晚沒有晚安

就沒有悲傷不用為難

就把眼淚 往這存放

這裡的時間沒有流轉

就沒有眼淚不用買單

就把難過 往這裡放

其實沒那麼難

捨不得的時空裡

黯淡無光的你

沒有了他的四季

抓時間的縫隙

捨不得的時刻裡

任何關於的你

太陽月亮

似乎也想與我別離

捨不得的時空裡

黯淡無光的你

沒有了他的四季

抓時間的縫隙

捨不得的時刻裡

任何關於的你

太陽月亮

似乎也想與我別離

有座城市

裝滿眼淚

還有個你

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
夜晚 /yè wǎn/ A1	noun - night
悲傷 /bēi shāng/ A2	noun - sadness
眼淚 /yǎn lèi/ A1	noun - tears
時間 /shí jiān/ A1	noun - time
流轉 /liú zhuǎn/ B1	verb - to flow, to pass
難過 /nán guò/ A2	adjective - sad
捨不得 /shě bù dé/ B2	verb - to be unwilling to part with
時空 /shí kōng/ B1	noun - time and space
黯淡 /àn dàn/ C1	adjective - dim, dull
無光 /wú guāng/ B1	adjective - without light
四季 /sì jì/ A1	noun - four seasons
縫隙 /fèng xì/ B1	noun - gap, crack
太陽 /tài yáng/ A1	noun - sun
月亮 /yuè liàng/ A1	noun - moon
別離 /bié lí/ B2	verb - to part, to bid farewell
城市 /chéng shì/ A1	noun - city

Key Grammar Structures

• 這裡的夜晚沒有晚安

  ➔ Present tense with negation

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense ('is') with negation ('沒有') to describe a continuous state.

• 就把眼淚 往這存放

  ➔ Imperative mood with directional verb

  ➔ The imperative mood ('就把') is used with a directional verb ('往這存放') to give a command or suggestion.

• 其實沒那麼難

  ➔ Adverbial phrase with negation

  ➔ The adverbial phrase ('其實') is used to introduce a contrasting idea, followed by negation ('沒那麼難').

• 捨不得的時空裡

  ➔ Locative complement

  ➔ The locative complement ('時空裡') indicates the location or context where the action takes place.

• 沒有了他的四季

  ➔ Possessive structure with negation

  ➔ The possessive structure ('他的') is used with negation ('沒有了') to indicate the absence of possession.

• 太陽月亮 似乎也想與我別離

  ➔ Coordination of subjects with conjunctive adverb

  ➔ Multiple subjects ('太陽月亮') are coordinated with a conjunctive adverb ('似乎') to express a joint idea.

• 有座城市 裝滿眼淚

  ➔ Existential sentence with object

  ➔ The existential sentence ('有座城市') introduces an object ('裝滿眼淚') to describe its state.