相见恨晚 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 彭佳慧

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

你有一張好陌生的臉 到今天才看見

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

有點心酸在我們之間 如此短暫的情緣

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

看著天空不讓淚流下 不說一句埋怨

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

只是心中的感慨萬千 當作前世來生相欠

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

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

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

我不奢求永遠 永遠太遙遠 卻陷在愛的深淵

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

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

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

在愛與不愛間 來回千萬遍 哪怕已傷痕累累 我也不管

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

你有一張好陌生的臉 到今天才看見

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

有點心酸在我們之間 如此短暫的情緣

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

看著天空不讓淚流下 不說一句埋怨

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

只是心中的感慨萬千 當作前世來生相欠

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

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

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

我不奢求永遠 永遠太遙遠 卻陷在愛的深淵

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

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

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

在愛與不愛間 來回千萬遍 哪怕已傷痕累累 我也不管

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

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

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

我不奢求永遠 永遠太遙遠 卻陷在愛的深淵

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

你說是我們相見恨晚 我說為愛 你不夠勇敢

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

在愛與不愛間 來回千萬遍 哪怕已傷痕累累 我也不管

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

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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.