Why Why Why – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 王嘉尔

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

Don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

Don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

你問我到底為什麼愛你

You ask me, why do I love you?

答不出來並不是在逃避

If I can't answer, it's not 'cause I'm running away

What l'm saying, I'll be saying, oh

What I'm saying, I'll be saying, oh

感覺就是 feels right

It just feels right

解釋得出來 我覺得更奇怪

If I could explain it, I think that'd be even stranger

Not what I say 不需要道理

It's not what I say, no reason needed

Because you're so magical

Because you're so magical

愛你沒理由

Loving you for no reason

Don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

Don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

賭上了愛愛愛愛愛愛愛

Betting on love, love, love, love, love, love, love

跟你說原因的 hey, that's a lie

If I tell you the reason, hey, that's a lie

So don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

So don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

I'm saying 告訴你有多美

I'm saying, telling you how beautiful you are

性格跟我有多搭配

How well our personalities match

花言巧語過度調味

Sweet words, over-seasoned

Yea 把你形容成一朵玫瑰

Yea, describing you as a rose

這些早被重複用爛的語言

These words that have been overused for so long

我覺得對你來說太過表面

I think they're too superficial for you

這問題我心裡的答案

The answer to this question in my heart

我愛你因為你是你

I love you because you are you

Because you're so magical

Because you're so magical

愛你沒理由

Loving you for no reason

Don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

Don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

賭上了愛愛愛愛愛愛愛

Betting on love, love, love, love, love, love, love

跟你說原因的 hey, that's a lie

If I tell you the reason, hey, that's a lie

So don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

So don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

Because you're so magical

Because you're so magical

愛你沒理由

Loving you for no reason

Don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

Don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

賭上了愛愛愛愛愛愛愛

Betting on love, love, love, love, love, love, love

跟你說原因的 hey, that's a lie

If I tell you the reason, hey, that's a lie

So don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

So don't ask why, why, why, why, why, why, why

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 (ài) /aɪ/ A1	verb - to love noun - love
問 (wèn) /wʌn/ A1	verb - to ask
逃避 (táobì) /tʰɑʊ˧˥ pi˥˩/ B2	verb - to evade, to shirk
感覺 (gǎnjué) /kän˧˩dʒɥɛ/ B1	noun - feeling, sense verb - to feel, to perceive
奇怪 (qíguài) /t͡ɕʰi˧˥ kwaɪ̯˥˩/ B1	adjective - strange, odd
理由 (lǐyóu) /li˧˩ joʊ̯/ A2	noun - reason
原因 (yuányīn) /ɥæŋ˧˥in/ B1	noun - cause, reason
美 (měi) /meɪ/ A2	adjective - beautiful
性格 (xìnggé) /ɕiŋ˥˩ kɤ/ B1	noun - personality, character
搭配 (dāpèi) /ta peɪ/ B2	verb - to match, to pair up
花言巧語 (huāyánqiǎoyǔ) /xua jan tɕʰjɔ ɥy/ C1	noun - sweet talk, fine words
調味 (tiáowèi) /tʰjɑʊ wei/ B2	verb - to season, flavoring
玫瑰 (méigui) /meɪ kwei/ B1	noun - rose
表面 (biǎomiàn) /piɑʊ mjɛn/ B2	noun - surface adjective - superficial
答案 (dá'àn) /tɑ an/ A2	noun - answer, solution

Key Grammar Structures

• 你問我到底為什麼愛你

  ➔ Interrogative Pronoun + Rhetorical Question (Embedded Clause)

  ➔ “為什麼” (wèishénme) - why is the interrogative pronoun. The whole sentence is an embedded clause acting as the object of an implicit verb (e.g., 'you asked').

• 答不出來並不是在逃避

  ➔ Resultative Verb Compound + Negative Adverb + Progressive Aspect

  ➔ “答不出來” (dá bù chūlái) - cannot answer (resultative compound). “並不是” (bìng bú shì) - not actually. “在逃避” (zài táobì) - is evading/avoiding (progressive aspect indicated by 在).

• 解釋得出來 我覺得更奇怪

  ➔ Potential Complement + Subject + Opinion Verb + Adjective

  ➔ “解釋得出來” (jiěshì de chūlái) - can be explained (potential complement). “我覺得” (wǒ juéde) - I think. “更奇怪” (gèng qíguài) - even stranger.

• 跟你說原因的 hey, that's a lie

  ➔ Relative Clause (Reduced) + De Construction + Nominalization

  ➔ “跟你說原因的” (gēn nǐ shuō yuányīn de) - (The reason) of telling you the reason; The part 'reason' is nominalized by '的'.

• 告訴你有多美

  ➔ Exclamatory Sentence (Implied Subject)

  ➔ Implies "I'm telling you how beautiful you are".

• 性格跟我有多搭配

  ➔ Degree Complement + Comparative Structure

  ➔ “有多搭配” (yǒu duō dāpèi) - how well matched. The implication is a comparison with something else or an expectation of not being as well-matched.

• 這些早被重複用爛的語言

  ➔ Passive Voice + Adjectival Phrase (De construction)

  ➔ “早被重複用爛的語言” (zěxie zǎo bèi chóngfù yòng làn de yǔyán) - These languages are already overused. "被" indicates passive voice and "的" functions as the linking word for the phrase.