还是会寂寞 (Lonely without You)

Hai Shi Hui Ji Mo

Artist: 陳綺貞 (Cheer Chen) Year: 2000 Album: 還是會寂寞 (Lonely Without You)

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早已忘了想你的滋味是什么，
zǎo yǐ wàng le xiǎng nǐ de zī wèi shì shén me，
I have long forgotten what it feels like to miss you.
因为每分每秒都被你占据在心中，
yīn wèi měi fēn měi miǎo dōu bèi nǐ zhàn jù zài xīn zhōng，
Because every moment is occupied by you in my heart.
你的一举一动牵扯在我生活的隙缝，
nǐ de yī jǔ yī dòng qiān chě zài wǒ shēng huó de xì fèng，
Every move you make pulls at the seams of my life.
谁能告诉我离开你的我会有多自由，
shuí néng gào sù wǒ lí kāi nǐ de wǒ huì yǒu duō zì yóu，
Who can tell me how free I would be without you?
也曾想过躲进别人温暖的怀中，
yě céng xiǎng guò duǒ jìn bié rén wēn nuǎn de huái zhōng，
I have thought about hiding in someone else's warm embrace.
可是这么一来就一点意义也没有，
kě shì zhè me yī lái jiù yì diǎn yì yì yě méi yǒu，
But doing so would have no meaning at all.
我的高尚情操一直不断提醒著我，
wǒ de gāo shàng qíng cāo yì zhí bù duàn tí xǐng zhù wǒ，
My noble sentiments constantly remind me.
离开你的我不论过多久还是会寂寞，
lí kāi nǐ de wǒ bù lùn guò duō jiǔ hái shì huì jì mò，
Without you, no matter how long it takes, I will still feel lonely.
别对我小心翼翼，
bié duì wǒ xiǎo xīn yì yì，
Don't tread lightly around me.
别让我看轻你，
bié ràng wǒ kàn qīng nǐ，
Don't let me underestimate you.
跟着我勇敢地走下去，
gēn zhe wǒ yǒng gǎn dì zǒu xià qù，
Walk courageously alongside me.
别劝我回心转意，
bié quàn wǒ huí xīn zhuǎn yì，
Don't advise me to change my mind.
这不是廉价的爱情，
zhè bú shì lián jià de ài qíng，
This is not a cheap love.
看着我对我说真爱我，
kàn zhe wǒ duì wǒ shuō zhēn ài wǒ，
Look at me and tell me you truly love me.
也曾想过躲进别人温暖的怀中，
yě céng xiǎng guò duǒ jìn bié rén wēn nuǎn de huái zhōng，
I have thought about hiding in someone else's warm embrace.
可是这么一来就一点意义也没有，
kě shì zhè me yī lái jiù yì diǎn yì yì yě méi yǒu，
But doing so would have no meaning at all.
我的高尚情操一直不断提醒著我，
wǒ de gāo shàng qíng cāo yì zhí bù duàn tí xǐng zhù wǒ，
My noble sentiments constantly remind me.
离开你的我不论过多久还是会寂寞，
lí kāi nǐ de wǒ bù lùn guò duō jiǔ hái shì huì jì mò，
Without you, no matter how long it takes, I will still feel lonely.
别对我小心翼翼，
bié duì wǒ xiǎo xīn yì yì，
Don't tread lightly around me.
别让我看轻你，
bié ràng wǒ kàn qīng nǐ，
Don't let me underestimate you.
跟着我勇敢地走下去，
gēn zhe wǒ yǒng gǎn dì zǒu xià qù，
Walk courageously alongside me.
别劝我回心转意，
bié quàn wǒ huí xīn zhuǎn yì，
Don't advise me to change my mind.
这不是廉价的爱情，
zhè bú shì lián jià de ài qíng，
This is not a cheap love.
看着我对我说真爱我，
kàn zhe wǒ duì wǒ shuō zhēn ài wǒ，
Look at me and tell me you truly love me.
也曾想过躲进别人温暖的怀中，
yě céng xiǎng guò duǒ jìn bié rén wēn nuǎn de huái zhōng，
I have thought about hiding in someone else's warm embrace.
可是这么一来就一点意义也没有，
kě shì zhè me yī lái jiù yì diǎn yì yì yě méi yǒu，
But doing so would have no meaning at all.
我的高尚情操一直不断提醒著我，
wǒ de gāo shàng qíng cāo yì zhí bù duàn tí xǐng zhù wǒ，
My noble sentiments constantly remind me.
离开你的我不论过多久还是会寂寞。
lí kāi nǐ de wǒ bù lùn guò duō jiǔ hái shì huì jì mò。
Without you, no matter how long it takes, I will still feel lonely.

Mandarin learning guide

Learn with 還是會寂寞

This guide follows a lyric voice that weighs missing someone, the idea of leaving, and the claim that loneliness remains. It also shifts into direct requests, so you can study both reflective and imperative Mandarin in one song-specific pass.

negation and contrast; emotional idioms; direct commands and requests

What to listen for

The lyrics move from memory and dependence to a firm conclusion: even after thinking about leaving, the speaker says loneliness would remain. After that, the language turns direct, with repeated commands and requests that ask for courage, honesty, and seriousness in love. The song gives useful practice with contrast markers like 可是, time-related phrases like 不论过多久, and forceful everyday expressions such as 小心翼翼 and 回心转意.

Understand how the lyrics contrast wanting distance with rejecting it.
Recognize and reuse key phrases for loneliness, caution, and changing one’s mind.
Practice reading imperative lines that ask someone not to act timidly or to be honest.

How the song moves

Opening reflection

The first lines describe memory, being occupied in the heart, and the pull of the other person in daily life.

Inner conflict

The lyrics then imagine leaving or hiding with someone else, but immediately reject that path as meaningless.

Direct plea

The final repeated section switches to commands and requests about courage, seriousness, and true love.

Translation choices

离开你的我不论过多久还是会寂寞，

lí kāi nǐ de wǒ bù lùn guò duō jiǔ hái shì huì jì mò，

Natural English: Without you, no matter how long it takes, I will still be lonely.
Why: This keeps the future sense of 会, the concessive 不论过多久, and the continuing state of 寂寞.

谁能告诉我离开你的我会有多自由，

shuí néng gào sù wǒ lí kāi nǐ de wǒ huì yǒu duō zì yóu，

Natural English: Who can tell me how free I would be if I left you?
Why: This rendering preserves the rhetorical question and the hypothetical feeling of 离开你的我会有多自由.

这不是廉价的爱情，

zhè bú shì lián jià de ài qíng，

Natural English: This is not cheap love.
Why: 廉价 here works naturally as 'cheap' in the sense of low-value or not serious, which fits the line’s evaluative tone.

Useful Mandarin from the song

占据zhàn jùoccupy; take up

Here it shows the person filling the heart completely. It is useful for anything that takes up space, time, or attention.

工作占据了我很多时间。gōng zuò zhàn jù le wǒ hěn duō shí jiān。Work takes up a lot of my time.

一点意义也没有yì diǎn yì yì yě méi yǒunot meaningful at all

This is a strong negative judgment. The pattern 一点…也没有 can emphasize that something has no value, effect, or meaning.

这样解释一点意义也没有。zhè yàng jiě shì yì diǎn yì yì yě méi yǒu。Explaining it like this has no point at all.

小心翼翼xiǎo xīn yì yìvery carefully; overly cautious

The phrase describes careful, almost fragile behavior. In this lyric it tells the other person not to act too cautiously around the speaker.

她说话总是小心翼翼的。tā shuō huà zǒng shì xiǎo xīn yì yì de。She always speaks very carefully.

回心转意huí xīn zhuǎn yìchange one’s mind

This idiom is used when someone reverses a decision or feeling, especially in a relationship or persuasive situation.

我希望你不要回心转意。wǒ xī wàng nǐ bú yào huí xīn zhuǎn yì。I hope you won't change your mind.

Listen closely

Listen for the repeated contrast between 想过 and 可是, which marks a turn from possibility to rejection.
Notice how 不论过多久 carries the sense of 'however long it takes' before the conclusion of 寂寞.
Track the shift from reflective lines to direct commands: 别… and 跟着我… change the emotional register quickly.

Check your understanding

Which line says that leaving would still not solve the speaker’s loneliness?
Show answer
离开你的我不论过多久还是会寂寞。
What does 回心转意 mean in this lyric context?
Show answer
It means to change one’s mind.

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