破相 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 容祖兒
• Album: CONCERT YY黃偉文作品展

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

听笑话 尽量笑得不勉强

Listening to jokes, trying to laugh without forcing it

我望镜 愁云密布我面上

I look in the mirror, clouded with worries on my face

皱着眉 旁人问我何解这样

Frowning, others ask me why I look like this

在这 愉快的现场

In this joyful scene

大概因我 从前撞向一道墙

Probably because I once ran into a wall

种下了 难缝合旧创伤

Planting deep old wounds that refuse to heal

破相 原来是要来称呼这样

A scar—so this is what it's called

历史遗下的账

A burden left by history

是我 顽强到已经

I'm so resilient that I’ve already

用尽余下血清 亦是时间认命

Exhausted all my remaining serum, yet time just accepts it

早知我 越活越冷清

I knew all along I’d grow colder with each day

就别望救星 投降前坐定

If so, don’t look for salvation, sit quietly before surrender

(就) 越笑越见疤痕

The more I laugh, the more scars appear

留了提示谁是极不幸

Leaving traces that show who’s truly unlucky

已不记得那些坏恋人

I no longer remember those bad lovers

何以苦泪 竟将这一脸愁容划深

Why do tears of suffering carve this sad face so deep

快乐再光临 可惜我没能力重生

Happiness returns, but unfortunately, I feel I can’t be reborn

命运已乱了 如何笑

Fate has already been messed up—how can I smile

怕惊动面上余震

Afraid to disturb the aftershocks on my face

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他那天 说我眼睛很会笑

That day, he said my eyes knew how to smile

那十秒 灵魂大概已卖掉

In those ten seconds, my soul was probably sold

却换来 眉头额角桃花倒插着

But I got eyebrows and a forehead with peach blossoms blooming upside down

命书全逆转了

My destiny was completely reversed

一笑 留痕其实太深

A smile leaves a mark that’s too deep

来年 由爱变做恨

Next year, love turns into hatred

裂缝 从眉目裂向心

Cracks spread from my brow to my heart

面色转暗 两颊下陷

My face darkens, cheeks sink

被旧爱连累半生

Half my life was burdened by old lovers

若我敢再次试试蜜运

If I dare try sweet luck again

(就) 越笑越见疤痕

The more I laugh, the more scars appear

留了提示谁是极不幸

Leaving traces that show who’s truly unlucky

已不记得那些坏恋人

I no longer remember those bad lovers

何以苦泪 竟将这一脸愁容划深

Why do tears of suffering carve this sad face so deep

快乐再光临 可惜我没能力重生

Happiness returns, but unfortunately, I feel I can’t be reborn

命运已乱了 如何笑

Fate has already been messed up—how can I smile

怕惊动面上余震

Afraid to disturb the aftershocks on my face

遇过无数个某君

Encountered countless ‘Mr. So-and-So’

段段缘份擦身 段段尤似利刃

Each moment, destiny brushes past, each one sharper than a blade

刀峰过 至发觉我身

After cutting through the peak of the sword, I realize my body

又或是我心 十万道血痕

Or maybe my heart—ten thousand scars of blood

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
笑 /sʰiao̯/ A1	verb - to smile, to laugh noun - smile, laughter
伤 /ʂaŋ/ B1	noun - wound, injury verb - to wound, to injure
破相 /pʰɔ̂ ɕi̯ɑŋ/ C1	verb - to disfigure (the face)
历史 /li˥ ʂɨ/ B1	noun - history
冷清 /ləŋ˧˥ t͡ɕʰiŋ/ B2	adjective - desolate, lonely
疤痕 /pa˥ hən/ B2	noun - scar
不幸 /pu˥˩ ɕiŋ/ B2	adjective - unfortunate, unhappy noun - misfortune, unhappiness
坏 /xu̯ai/ A2	adjective - bad
快乐 /ku̯ai lɤ/ A1	adjective - happy noun - happiness
重生 /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ ʂɤŋ/ C1	verb - to be reborn, to have a new life
命运 /min jʏn/ B1	noun - fate, destiny
眼睛 /jɛn t͡ɕɪŋ/ A1	noun - eye
灵魂 /lɪŋ hʊən/ B2	noun - soul
爱 /ai/ A1	verb - to love noun - love
恨 /hən/ B2	verb - to hate noun - hatred
裂缝 /ljɛ̂ fəŋ/ B2	noun - crack, fissure

Key Grammar Structures

• 我望镜 愁云密布我面上

  ➔ Verb + object + complement structure

  ➔ The phrase '我望镜' uses the verb '望' (to look at) followed by the object '镜' (mirror), demonstrating how the actor performs the action directed at the object.

• 用尽余下血清 亦是时间认命

  ➔ Use of '用尽' + noun + '亦是' + noun to express 'exhausted' and 'time accepts fate'

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• 早知我 越活越冷清

  ➔ Early conditional phrase '早知' + subject + '越' + comparative degree + verb phrase

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• 怕惊动面上余震

  ➔ Use of '怕' + verb to express fear or concern about an action

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• 裂缝 从眉目裂向心

  ➔ Noun + '从' + noun + '裂向' + noun to describe movement or transition

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• 已不记得那些坏恋人

  ➔ Adverb '已' + negative verb phrase to indicate past negation or forgetting

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• 留了提示谁是极不幸

  ➔ Verb + 了 + noun + '谁是' + noun to indicate completed action with identification

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