最長的電影 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 周杰倫

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

我們的開始 是很長的電影

Our beginning is like a very long movie.

放映了三年 我票都還留著

It screened for three years, and I still keep the ticket.

冰上的芭蕾 腦海中還在旋轉

Ice ballet, still spinning in my mind.

望著你 慢慢忘記你

Looking at you, slowly forgetting you.

朦朧的時間 我們溜了多遠

Dim moments, how far have we drifted?

冰刀劃的圈 圈起了誰改變

Circled by skates, who have we changed?

如果再重來 會不會稍嫌狼狽

If we could start over, would it still be a little awkward?

愛是不是不開口才珍貴

Is love more precious when left unspoken?

再給我兩分鐘 讓我把記憶結成冰

Give me two more minutes, let me freeze the memories.

別融化了眼淚 你妝都花了要我怎麼記得

Don't let tears melt, you've already ruined your makeup—how can I remember?

記得你叫我忘了吧 記得你叫我忘了吧

Remember to tell me to forget you, remember to tell me to forget you.

你說你會哭 不是因為在乎

You said you'd cry, not because you care.

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朦朧的時間 我們溜了多遠

Dim moments, how far have we drifted?

冰刀劃的圈 圈起了誰改變

Ice ballet, still spinning in my mind.

如果再重來 會不會稍嫌狼狽

If we could start over, would it still be a little awkward?

愛是不是不開口才珍貴

Is love more precious when left unspoken?

再給我兩分鐘 讓我把記憶結成冰

Give me two more minutes, let me freeze the memories.

別融化了眼淚 你妝都花了要我怎麼記得

Don't let tears melt, you've already ruined your makeup—how can I remember?

記得你叫我忘了吧 記得你叫我忘了吧

Remember to tell me to forget you, remember to tell me to forget you.

你說你會哭 不是因為在乎

You said you'd cry, not because you care.

再給我兩分鐘 讓我把記憶結成冰

Give me two more minutes, let me freeze the memories.

別融化了眼淚 你妝都花了要我怎麼記得

Don't let tears melt, you've already ruined your makeup—how can I remember?

記得你叫我忘了吧 記得你叫我忘了吧

Remember to tell me to forget you, remember to tell me to forget you.

你說你會哭 不是因為在乎

You said you'd cry, not because you care.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
開始 /kaʊˈʃí/ B1	noun - the act or point of beginning
電影 /diàn yǐng/ B1	noun - film, movie
放映 /fàng yìng/ B2	verb - to show a movie
票 /piào/ A2	noun - ticket
留著 /liú zhe/ B2	verb (phrase) - to keep, to retain
冰上 /bīng shàng/ B1	noun - on ice
芭蕾 /bā lěi/ B2	noun - ballet
旋轉 /xuán zhuǎn/ B2	verb - to rotate, spin
忘記 /wàng jì/ A2	verb - to forget
時間 /shí jiān/ A2	noun - time
瘋狂 /fēng kuáng/ B2	adjective - crazy
圈 /quān/ B1	noun - circle
改變 /gǎi biàn/ B2	verb - to change
愛 /ài/ A1	noun - love
珍貴 /zhēn guì/ B2	adjective - precious, valuable
記憶 /jì yì/ B1	noun - memory
融化 /róng huà/ B2	verb - to melt
眼淚 /yǎn lèi/ A2	noun - tears
花 /huā/ A1	noun - flower

Key Grammar Structures

• 我們的開始 是很長的電影

  ➔ Possessive pronoun "我們的" + noun to show ownership

  ➔ The phrase shows ownership of the "start" by "us".

• 放映了三年

  ➔ Verb + 了 + duration to indicate completion or persistence over a period

  ➔ Using 了 after a verb to denote that an action has been completed over a period of time.

• 你妝都花了要我怎麼記得

  ➔ 都 (dōu) indicating 'even' or 'all' emphasizing the extent

  ➔ The word "都" emphasizes that 'even' the makeup is ruined, making it hard to remember.

• 記得你叫我忘了吧

  ➔ 叫 (jiào) used as a causative verb meaning 'to make' or 'to ask'

  ➔ The verb 叫 is used to indicate causing or requesting someone to do something, in this case, to forget.

• 你說你會哭 不是因為在乎

  ➔ 不是因為... + (that) indicates negation of causation or reason

  ➔ Expresses that the reason you might cry is not due to caring, negating a typical explanation.

• 再給我兩分鐘 讓我把記憶結成冰

  ➔ 再 (zài) + verb to indicate 'again' or 'more', combined with 讓 (ràng) for causative

  ➔ 再 indicates 'again', and combined with 讓, it expresses causing oneself to freeze the memories.