Mandarin learning guide
Learn with 很久很久
This guide follows a song about wanting time to stretch so shared moments can last longer. The lyrics return again and again to waiting, remembering, and asking time to slow down.
What to listen for
The lyrics move between two feelings: wanting to let go of pressure, and wanting to keep beautiful moments from ending. Repeated phrases like 很久很久 and 很远很远的以后 create a strong sense of distance and duration, while expressions such as 想牢牢记住, 想暂停, and 拉长 make the wish to extend time feel concrete and easy to notice in Mandarin.
- Recognize how repetition is used to intensify duration and longing.
- Understand key verbs and nouns for time, memory, and waiting.
- Practice reading natural Mandarin lines that express wishes and fear of loss.
How the song moves
Opening reflection
The lyrics begin with a personal contrast: wanting to放下一切, then looking at sunlight and a profile.
Memory and fear of loss
The focus shifts to wanting to记住每个瞬间 and fearing that a blink will失联 with the past.
Main refrain
Repeated lines ask to走到很久很久 and imagine a future so远 that the end cannot be seen.
Closing wish
The ending expands from shared days and scenery to wanting time itself to stop so goodbye can wait.
Translation choices
有时候 想要放下一切
- Natural English
- Sometimes I want to let everything go.
- Why
- Letting go of everything is a natural English rendering of 放下一切, and Sometimes keeps the soft, reflective tone of 有时候.
又被你拉长
- Natural English
- The waiting has been stretched again.
- Why
- 被你拉长 is more naturally expressed as has been stretched out by you again, but this version keeps the emphasis on waiting as the thing being extended.
最美的风景 只存在你身旁
- Natural English
- The most beautiful view exists only beside you.
- Why
- 只存在你身旁 is about location and exclusivity, so beside you fits better than a more literal by your side phrasing.
Useful Mandarin from the song
A very common time expression for introducing a feeling or habit. It often softens what follows and works well in reflective statements.
Originally used for losing connection, and in modern Mandarin it can describe physical or social disconnection. Here it gives a vivid sense of losing touch with the past.
Useful for both physical length and abstract time. In the song it describes making laughter last longer, which makes the wish feel gentle and practical.
Listen closely
- Listen for how 很久很久 returns as a refrain; the repetition is central to the song’s meaning.
- Notice the contrast between 想放下一切 and 想牢牢记住: one line releases, the other holds on.
- Pay attention to abstract time words like 时间, 时光, and 以后, which shift the song from the present into the far future.
Check your understanding
Which lyric phrase means the waiting becomes longer?
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又被你拉长
What does 很远很远的以后 suggest in the song?
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A very distant future, far beyond the present.