自我感覺還好 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Gin Lee

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a profound linguistic and emotional journey with Gin Lee's "自我感覺還好" (I Feel Good About Myself). This captivating Cantonese ballad offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in nuanced expressions of inner conflict and resilience. You'll not only learn rich vocabulary and idiomatic phrases related to emotions and self-perception, but also appreciate Gin Lee's exceptional vocal artistry as she distinctively portrays two opposing inner voices. This song is special for its raw honesty in depicting a personal battle with anxiety, offering a deep insight into human psychology through its poignant lyrics and powerful delivery.

[English]

Asking myself if the body outputs pain

Negative illusions can't impersonate me, what's depression?

It's just my brain forcing me

The heart is so strong, it's all the body's fault

Truly understand, the narrative is very clear

But I consider myself weak and helpless, wishing my body didn't belong to me now

What is sadness? Please trust me to exorcise for you

Why is it wrong to cry? I'm just afraid my tear ducts deceive me

Not accepting flaws makes it tough

I can even deceive myself, a born fighter is hard to abandon

Heaven gives me this frown, no need to be angry, why avoid it with an open heart?

Always living together, confidence doesn't need belief, both body and mind are perfect

It's still better to be myself

Haven't learned to be like you

...

Learning to recognize sadness is not pain

But I ask myself if both body and mind belong to me

Can't we part ways?

Hating someone like me is your inner demon, asking how you can despise me

Don't let you see through me, can we talk it out together?

I can even deceive myself, a born fighter is hard to abandon

Heaven gives me this frown, no need to be angry, why avoid it with an open heart?

Always living together, confidence doesn't need belief, both body and mind are perfect

It's still better to be myself

Why envy or be jealous?

Born weak, hard to abandon, heaven gives you this frown

How can you despise? Emotions are just a confidant

Always living together, this feeling of self is quite mysterious

Happiness is still being able to feel sadness, at least not escaping

I can be any version of myself, and still love you

...

[Chinese]

自問是肉身輸出痛楚

負面幻象休想假冒我 抑鬱算什麼

不過是腦部強逼我

心那樣強大 全是 身體的錯

真了解 敘述極清楚

但是自認軟弱又無助 但願現在身軀不屬我

悲哀算什麼 請信任我為你驅魔

讓我哭為何有錯 只怕淚腺騙我

不接受缺陷才坎坷

自我都可自欺 天生鬥士難自棄

天給我這愁眉 不必生氣 為何豁達地迴避

從來活在一起 自信不必相信 身心都完美

還是做自己好

未學似你

學習辨認悲傷非痛楚

但是自問身心都屬我

不可割席麼

討厭像我是你心魔 問你怎能嫌棄我

不要被你看破 請我共我和談好麽

自我都可自欺 天生鬥士難自棄

天給我這愁眉 不必生氣 為何豁達地迴避

從來活在一起 自信不必相信 身心都完美

還是做自己好

何必羨慕或妒忌

天生軟弱難自棄 天給你這愁眉

怎麼鄙棄 情緒就是知己

從來活在一起 自我這種感覺 好得很神祕

快樂就是仍可 感覺傷悲 起碼沒逃避

能做哪個我都好 亦是愛你

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
肉身 /ròu shēn/ B2	noun - flesh; physical body
痛楚 /tòng chǔ/ B2	noun - pain; suffering
負面 /fù miàn/ B1	adjective - negative
幻象 /huàn xiàng/ B2	noun - illusion; phantasm
假冒 /jiǎ mào/ B2	verb - to impersonate; to counterfeit
抑鬱 /yì yù/ B2	adjective - depressed; melancholic
腦部 /nǎo bù/ B1	noun - brain
強逼 /qiáng bī/ B2	verb - to force; to coerce
了解 /liǎo jiě/ B1	verb - to understand; to comprehend noun - understanding
敘述 /xù shù/ B2	verb - to narrate; to recount
軟弱 /ruǎn ruò/ B1	adjective - weak; feeble
無助 /wú zhù/ B1	adjective - helpless; without assistance
身軀 /shēn qū/ B2	noun - body
悲哀 /bēi āi/ B1	noun - sorrow; grief
驅魔 /qū mó/ C1	verb - to exorcise; to drive out demons
缺陷 /quē xiàn/ B2	noun - defect; flaw
坎坷 /kǎn kě/ C1	adjective - bumpy; rough; full of setbacks
自欺 /zì qī/ C1	verb - to deceive oneself
鬥士 /dòu shì/ B2	noun - fighter; warrior
愁眉 /chóu méi/ C1	noun - worried look
豁達 /huò dá/ C1	adjective - open-minded; optimistic
迴避 /huí bì/ B2	verb - to avoid; to evade
自信 /zì xìn/ B1	noun - self-confidence; confidence
完美 /wán měi/ B1	adjective - perfect
辨認 /biàn rèn/ B2	verb - to recognize; to identify
割席 /gē xí/ C2	verb - to break off relations; to sever ties
討厭 /tǎo yàn/ A2	adjective - annoying;disagreeable
嫌棄 /xián qì/ B2	verb - to dislike and avoid; to reject
看破 /kàn pò/ C1	verb - to see through; to understand completely
和談 /hé tán/ C1	noun - peace talks; to make peace
羨慕 /xiàn mù/ B2	verb - to admire; to envy
妒忌 /dù jì/ B2	verb - to be jealous; to envy
鄙棄 /bǐ qì/ C2	verb - to despise; to scorn
情緒 /qíng xù/ B1	noun - emotion; sentiment
神秘 /shén mì/ B1	adjective - mysterious; mystical
逃避 /táo bì/ B1	verb - to escape; to evade

Key Grammar Structures

• 自問是肉身輸出痛楚

  ➔ 使用“是”來構成表述身份或狀態的句型。

  ➔ “是” (shì) is used to link the subject with a predicate that describes its identity or condition.

• 負面幻象休想假冒我

  ➔ 使用“休想”來表達不可能或不允許的意思。

  ➔ “休想” (xiūxiǎng) means 'don’t even think about' or 'impossible to' in a negated sense.

• 但願現在身軀不屬我

  ➔ 使用“但願”來表達希望或祈願。

  ➔ “但願” (dàn yuàn) expresses a wish or hope for something to happen.

• 從來活在一起 自信不必相信

  ➔ 使用“自信不必相信”來表達對自信的態度，即獨立於信任之外。

  ➔ “自信不必相信” means that one’s confidence is independent of believing others or external trust.

• 情緒就是知己

  ➔ 使用“就是”來強調事物的本質或定義。

  ➔ “就是” (jiù shì) is used to affirm or emphasize the core essence or definition of something.

• 快樂就是仍可 感覺傷悲

  ➔ 使用“就是”來定義或描述“快樂”的本質。

  ➔ “就是” (jiù shì) here defines the idea that happiness includes the ability to still feel sadness or pain.