相见恨晚 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 彭佳慧

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the evocative world of Mandarin Chinese with Julia Peng's timeless ballad, "相见恨晚" (Too Late To Meet). This song offers a profound journey through themes of missed connections and heartfelt regret, expressed through rich and poetic lyrics. Learning the language through this song allows you to grasp not only the vocabulary but also the deep cultural nuances of expressing complex emotions, making it an excellent piece for understanding emotional depth in Chinese music and language.

[English]

You have a face so unfamiliar, I just saw it today

There's a bit of sadness between us, such a brief love story

Staring at the sky, refusing to let tears fall, not a single complaint

Inside, my feelings are so overwhelming, as if we owe each other from a past life

You say we met too late, I say for love, you weren't brave enough

I don't ask for forever, forever feels too distant, yet I’m lost in love’s abyss

You say we met too late, I say for love, you weren't brave enough

Between loving and not loving, I go back and forth countless times, even with wounds, I don't care

You have a face so unfamiliar, I just saw it today

There's a bit of sadness between us, such a brief love story

Staring at the sky, refusing to let tears fall, not a single complaint

Inside, my feelings are so overwhelming, as if we owe each other from a past life

You say we met too late, I say for love, you weren't brave enough

I don't ask for forever, forever feels too distant, yet I’m lost in love’s abyss

You say we met too late, I say for love, you weren't brave enough

Between loving and not loving, I go back and forth countless times, even with wounds, I don't care

You say we met too late, I say for love, you weren't brave enough

I don't ask for forever, forever feels too distant, yet I’m lost in love’s abyss

You say we met too late, I say for love, you weren't brave enough

Between loving and not loving, I go back and forth countless times, even with wounds, I don't care

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[Chinese]

你有一張好陌生的臉 到今天才看見

有點心酸在我們之間 如此短暫的情緣

看著天空不讓淚流下 不說一句埋怨

只是心中的感慨萬千 當作前世來生相欠

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

我不奢求永遠 永遠太遙遠 卻陷在愛的深淵

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

在愛與不愛間 來回千萬遍 哪怕已傷痕累累 我也不管

你有一張好陌生的臉 到今天才看見

有點心酸在我們之間 如此短暫的情緣

看著天空不讓淚流下 不說一句埋怨

只是心中的感慨萬千 當作前世來生相欠

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

我不奢求永遠 永遠太遙遠 卻陷在愛的深淵

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

在愛與不愛間 來回千萬遍 哪怕已傷痕累累 我也不管

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

我不奢求永遠 永遠太遙遠 卻陷在愛的深淵

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

在愛與不愛間 來回千萬遍 哪怕已傷痕累累 我也不管

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
臉 /liǎn/ A1	noun - face
心酸 /xīn suān/ B1	noun - bittersweet feeling
情緣 /qíng yuán/ B2	noun - fate of love
淚 /lèi/ A2	noun - tear
勇敢 /yǒng gǎn/ B1	adjective - brave
奢求 /shē qiú/ C1	verb - to demand excessively
深淵 /shēn yuān/ C2	noun - abyss
埋怨 /mái yuàn/ B2	verb - to complain
感慨 /gǎn gǎi/ C1	noun - deep feeling or emotion
千萬 /qiān wàn/ A2	adjective - countless
傷痕 /shāng hén/ B2	noun - scar
愛 /ài/ A1	noun - love verb - to love
不愛 /bù ài/ B1	verb - to not love

Key Grammar Structures

• 有點心酸在我們之間

  ➔ Use of '有點' to express 'a little' or 'somewhat' of an emotion or quality.

  ➔ '有點' is a Mandarin phrase indicating a slight degree of a feeling or characteristic.

• 不說一句埋怨

  ➔ Use of '不說' + verb + '一句' to indicate 'not even' doing something; here, not to say a word of complaint.

  ➔ '不說' means 'not to speak' or 'not even' and combines with '一句' to emphasize not uttering a single word of complaint.

• 在愛與不愛間

  ➔ Usage of '在...間' to indicate 'between' or 'amid' of two states or actions.

  ➔ '在...間' indicates a time or space interval between two states or actions, often translated as 'between' or 'amid.'

• 我也不管

  ➔ Use of '也' with '不管' to emphasize 'regardless' or 'no matter' about the following statement.

  ➔ '也' here emphasizes the speaker's indifference, combining with '不管' (no matter) to express that they do not care about the consequences or feelings involved.