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开水与白面包 – Karen Mok 莫文蔚

Karen Mok 莫文蔚

开水与白面包 lyrics with English translation

Language
Chinese
Level
Advanced
Released
1998
Genre
Pop
Length
3:33
  1. 似乎谈过恋爱 似乎还在等待

    It seems I've fallen in love, still waiting in the haze.

  2. 有一个男生总是说他睡不著

    There's a boy who always says he just can't sleep.

  3. 我劝他去看医生买些安眠药

    I advise him to see a doctor, get some sleeping pills to keep.

  4. 还有一个说他寂寞希望生活热闹

    Another one says he's lonely, craving a lively space.

  5. 他应该去找一支小花猫来拥抱

    He should find a little cat to embrace.

  6. OH... 约会三次 已觉得 太糟糕

    OH... After three dates, it's already feeling so wrong.

  7. 对著开水与白面包

    Staring at water and plain white bread all along.

  8. 有一个男生说欣赏我的活泼

    There's a boy who claims to love my vibrant cheer.

  1. 可是我流泪他就会手足无措

    But when I cry, he just crumbles, freezing with fear.

  2. 还有一个说他想一生一世照顾我

    Another one says he wants to care for me all his years long.

  3. 我怀疑他知不知道自己说什么

    I wonder if he knows what he's saying.

  4. OH... 约会三次 已觉得 太糟糕

    OH... After three dates, it feels just too terrible.

  5. 对著开水与白面包

    Staring at the plain water and white bread.

  6. 我胃口不好还是他们没有味道

    Either my appetite's bad or they lack flavor.

  7. OH... 约会三次 已觉得 太糟糕

    OH... After three dates, it feels just too terrible.

  8. 我胃口不好还是他们没有味道

    Either my appetite's bad or they lack flavor.

  9. 我讨厌开水也忍受不了白面包

    I hate plain water and can't stand white bread.

  10. 似乎谈过恋爱 似乎还在等待

    It seems I've been in love, yet I'm still waiting.

  11. 有一个男生说跟我一起不错

    There's a guy who says being with me is nice.

  12. 却不断数落以前女朋友的错

    But he keeps criticizing his ex-girlfriends' faults.

  13. 还有一些模模糊糊都说爱上了我

    There's still some blurry feelings, they say they've fallen for me

  14. 他们说的太多 却没有说过什么

    They talk too much, yet say nothing at all

  15. OH... 约会三次 已觉得 太糟糕

    OH... After three dates, I've already found it too awful

  16. 对著开水与白面包

    Facing boiling water and white bread

Key vocabulary

照顾zhào gù
take care2
生活shēng huó
life2
女朋友nǚ péngyou
girlfriend1
似乎sì hū
seem5
谈tán
talk3
过guò
past1
恋爱liàn ài
love5
等待děng dài
wait3
一个yí gè
one
男生nán shēng
boy1

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About this song

Karen Mok is a Hong Kong actress and singer known for her work in East Asian pop music. She won the Golden Melody Award three times, including being the first female Hong Kong singer to receive the honor.

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开水与白面包

似sì乎hū谈tán过guò恋liàn爱ài 似sì乎hū还hái在zài等děng待dài

It seems I've fallen in love, still waiting in the haze.

有yǒu一yí个gè男nán生shēng总zǒng是shì说shuō他tā睡shuì不bú著zhù

There's a boy who always says he just can't sleep.

我wǒ劝quàn他tā去qù看kàn医yī生shēng买mǎi些xiē安ān眠mián药yào

I advise him to see a doctor, get some sleeping pills to keep.

还hái有yǒu一yí个gè说shuō他tā寂jì寞mò希xī望wàng生shēng活huó热rè闹nào

Another one says he's lonely, craving a lively space.

他tā应yīng该gāi去qù找zhǎo一yì支zhī小xiǎo花huā猫māo来lái拥yōng抱bào

He should find a little cat to embrace.

OH... 约yuē会huì三sān次cì 已yǐ觉jué得de 太tài糟zāo糕gāo

OH... After three dates, it's already feeling so wrong.

对duì著zhù开kāi水shuǐ与yǔ白bái面miàn包bāo

Staring at water and plain white bread all along.

有yǒu一yí个gè男nán生shēng说shuō欣xīn赏shǎng我wǒ的de活huó泼pō

There's a boy who claims to love my vibrant cheer.

可kě是shì我wǒ流liú泪lèi他tā就jiù会huì手shǒu足zú无wú措cuò

But when I cry, he just crumbles, freezing with fear.

还hái有yǒu一yí个gè说shuō他tā想xiǎng一yì生shēng一yí世shì照zhào顾gù我wǒ

Another one says he wants to care for me all his years long.

我wǒ怀huái疑yí他tā知zhī不bu知zhī道dào自zì己jǐ说shuō什shén么me

I wonder if he knows what he's saying.

OH... 约yuē会huì三sān次cì 已yǐ觉jué得de 太tài糟zāo糕gāo

OH... After three dates, it feels just too terrible.

对duì著zhù开kāi水shuǐ与yǔ白bái面miàn包bāo

Staring at the plain water and white bread.

我wǒ胃wèi口kǒu不bù好hǎo还hái是shì他tā们men没méi有yǒu味wèi道dào

Either my appetite's bad or they lack flavor.

OH... 约yuē会huì三sān次cì 已yǐ觉jué得de 太tài糟zāo糕gāo

OH... After three dates, it feels just too terrible.

我wǒ胃wèi口kǒu不bù好hǎo还hái是shì他tā们men没méi有yǒu味wèi道dào

Either my appetite's bad or they lack flavor.

我wǒ讨tǎo厌yàn开kāi水shuǐ也yě忍rěn受shòu不bù了liǎo白bái面miàn包bāo

I hate plain water and can't stand white bread.

似sì乎hū谈tán过guò恋liàn爱ài 似sì乎hū还hái在zài等děng待dài

It seems I've been in love, yet I'm still waiting.

有yǒu一yí个gè男nán生shēng说shuō跟gēn我wǒ一yì起qǐ不bú错cuò

There's a guy who says being with me is nice.

却què不bú断duàn数shǔ落luò以yǐ前qián女nǚ朋péng友yǒu的de错cuò

But he keeps criticizing his ex-girlfriends' faults.

还hái有yǒu一yì些xiē模mó模mó糊hu糊hū都dōu说shuō爱ài上shàng了le我wǒ

There's still some blurry feelings, they say they've fallen for me

他tā们men说shuō的de太tài多duō 却què没méi有yǒu说shuō过guò什shén么me

They talk too much, yet say nothing at all

OH... 约yuē会huì三sān次cì 已yǐ觉jué得de 太tài糟zāo糕gāo

OH... After three dates, I've already found it too awful

对duì著zhù开kāi水shuǐ与yǔ白bái面miàn包bāo

Facing boiling water and white bread