填空 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 家家
• Album: 忘不記

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a journey of the heart, and Jia Jia's '填空' (Fill in the Blanks) is a beautiful place to start. This song's clear, emotive lyrics about healing and finding yourself offer a chance to learn expressive vocabulary related to emotions and personal growth. Jia Jia's powerful and soulful voice makes each word resonate, making the language not just heard, but felt. It's a special song that provides both a linguistic and an emotional learning experience.

[English]

Once stubbornness was right

Occasionally being fragile is practice

Until you see encounters playing tricks

It's so perplexing, doubting yourself

Quietly in my heart

Keeping up with the breath's endless flow

Struggling, choosing, then resetting to zero

Expecting the echoes of happiness

Can I give myself fully, give up completely?

Can I stop trying to be so clear?

The emptiness in my mind, the hollow inside

Filling in the blank is easier

I'm okay now, about not having past

I'm also okay, life becoming a fill-in-the-blank question again

Filling in the blank again, I will fill in myself

...

Once stubbornness was right

Occasionally being fragile is practice

Until you see encounters playing tricks

It's so perplexing, doubting yourself

Quietly in my heart

Keeping up with the breath's endless flow

Struggling, choosing, then resetting to zero

Expecting the echoes of happiness

Can I give myself fully, give up completely?

Can I stop trying to be so clear?

The emptiness in my mind, the hollow inside

Filling in the blank is easier

I'm okay now, about not having past

I'm also okay, life becoming a fill-in-the-blank question again

Filling in the blank again, I will fill in myself (yeah)

(Hoo, oh yeah)

(Oh, woo, woo, woo, woo)

Can I give myself fully, give up completely?

Can I stop trying to be so clear?

The emptiness in my mind, the hollow inside

Filling in the blank is easier

I'm okay now, about not having past

I'm also okay, life becoming a fill-in-the-blank question again

Filling in the blank, the answer is myself

...

[Chinese]

曾經倔強是對的

偶爾脆弱也練習

直到眼看遭遇捉弄

很莫名 對自己懷疑

心底安靜地可以

緊跟呼吸的不息

掙紮了 選擇了 然後歸零

期待幸福回音

可不可以 交出自己全放棄

可不可以 別再要多清醒

腦中的空白空洞了空心

再填空 還比較容易

我可以了 關於沒過去

也可以了 生命再 變成 填空題

再填空 我會填上自己

曾經倔強是對的

偶爾脆弱也練習

直到眼看遭遇捉弄

很莫名 對自己懷疑

心底安靜地可以

緊跟呼吸的不息

掙紮了 選擇了 然後歸零

期待幸福回音

可不可以 交出自己全放棄

可不可以 別再要多清醒

腦中的空白空洞了空心

再填空 還比較容易

我可以了 關於沒過去

也可以了 生命再 變成 填空題

再填空 我會填上自己（耶）

（呼呜 喔吼）

（喔 呜 呜 呜 呜）

可不可以 交出自己全放棄

可不可以 別再要多清醒

腦中的空白空洞了空心

再填空 還比較容易

我可以了 關於沒過去

也可以了 生命再 變成 填空題

再填空 答案是 我自己

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
倔強 /juèjiàng/ B2	adjective - stubborn; strong-willed
脆弱 /cuìruò/ B2	adjective - fragile; weak
懷疑 /huáiyí/ B1	verb - to doubt; to suspect
期待 /qīdài/ A2	verb - to expect; to look forward to
幸福 /xìngfú/ A2	noun - happiness; bliss
選擇 /xuǎnzé/ B1	verb - to choose; to select
空白 /kōngbái/ B2	noun - blank; empty space
填空 /tiánkòng/ B1	verb - to fill in the blanks
生命 /shēngmìng/ A2	noun - life; existence
變成 /biànchéng/ B1	verb - to become; to turn into
交出 /jiāochū/ B2	verb - to hand over; to give up
清醒 /qīngxǐng/ B2	verb - to wake up; to become clear-headed

Key Grammar Structures

• 直到眼看遭遇捉弄

  ➔ Until + clause

  ➔ The phrase "直到" (until) indicates the point in time when an action or situation occurs or changes.

• 可不可以 交出自己全放棄

  ➔ Can + modal verb + verb + object

  ➔ The structure "可不可以" (can or not) uses a modal verb to ask for permission or possibility.

• 再填空 還比較容易

  ➔ 再 + verb + 就...

  ➔ The word "再" (again, again more) indicates repetition or doing something further, often leading to an outcome.

• 我可以了 關於沒過去

  ➔ 了 (le) used after verb to indicate change of state or completion

  ➔ The particle "了" (le) indicates a change of state, completion, or new situation related to the preceding verb.

• 生命再 變成 填空題

  ➔ 再 + verb / noun: again / further

  ➔ The word "再" (again, further) emphasizes doing or becoming something more after a certain point.

• 答案是 我自己

  ➔ 是 (shì) used as a copula meaning "to be"

  ➔ The verb "是" (shì) functions as a copula linking the subject with the predicate, equivalent to "to be".