我的歌声里 – Wǒ de gēshēng lǐ ‘You Exist in My Song’ – by Qu Wanting If you’ve liked us on Facebook you are no doubt aware of our recent Chinese song lyric translation videos. Especially the ‘You Exist in My Song’ video. Over the last month or so we’ve been taking some...
吃 (chī): to eat, 土 (tǔ): earth, mud. When we refer to someone as as having to 吃土 (chī tǔ) in Chinese, we’re saying that they’re so poor that they can only “eat earth”.
搞 (gǎo): to create, to meddle 事情 (shì qíng): things, matters We say someone is trying to 搞事情 (gǎo shì qíng) when they’re causing unnecessary trouble or creating chaos.
友谊 (yǒu yí): friendship 小船 (xiǎo chuán): (little) boat 翻 (fān): to overturn 友谊的小船说翻就翻: (lit.) The little boat of friendship can easily overturn. Or in other words, friendship is fragile.
脑 (nǎo) means “brain” 洞 (dòng) means “hole” When we describe someone as having a huge “brain hole”, or 脑洞很大 (nǎo dòng hěn dà), we’re saying that they’re highly imaginative.
