Mandarin learning guide
Learn with 減傷
This guide follows the song’s move from hurt and fear toward small acts of endurance. The lyrics repeatedly circle around choosing kindness, forgiving lies, and seeking a little less伤 through time, innocence, and courage.
What to listen for
The lyrics trace a speaker who admits fear, hurt, and repeated collisions with真假, yet keeps returning to a stance of kindness and endurance. The language is direct and repetitive enough for close listening, with useful patterns such as 还是选择、原谅/相信 + clause, and 用…换… to describe what is traded for a smaller amount of伤害.
- Recognize how the song uses contrast to show persistence after pain.
- Understand the repeated pattern around choice, forgiveness, and belief.
- Learn practical phrases for exchanging one thing for another and talking about hurt, hope, and endurance.
How the song moves
Opening reflection
The lyrics begin with a backward look at growth, pressure to seem mature, and pretending not to be afraid.
Chorus-like repetition
The central lines repeat the choice to stay kind despite hurt, with the refrain returning to scars, loneliness, and a small amount of减伤.
Closing widening
Later lines shift from individual struggle to a broader wish that everyone can减伤.
Translation choices
转眼间我的模样 都是用眼泪交换来的成长
- Natural English
- In the blink of an eye, the person I've become is growth bought with tears.
- Why
- 模样 refers to the person the speaker has become; 用眼泪交换来的成长 says that growth was paid for with tears. The line does not add a face/body image.
我受了伤还是选择善良
- Natural English
- I was hurt, but I still chose kindness.
- Why
- The line centers on a past experience and a continuing choice; 'but I still' captures 还是 without overcomplicating the sentence.
愿我们都能够 减伤
- Natural English
- May we all be able to heal a little.
- Why
- The final line is a wish for collective relief. 'Heal a little' fits 减伤 as reducing hurt rather than claiming full recovery.
Useful Mandarin from the song
Used for obligation or necessity. It often sounds firm or unavoidable in everyday Mandarin.
Here it links two opposing ideas: being hurt and choosing kindness anyway.
A common verb for forgiving a person or an action. It can take an object directly.
Listen closely
- Listen for the repeated line 我受了伤还是选择善良; it marks the song’s emotional center.
- Notice the contrast words 还是、也不能、也不 and how they keep the speaker from giving up.
- Track the repeated shift from abstract hurt to the concrete image of 用时间换一点减伤 near the ending.
Check your understanding
Which line shows a direct contrast between being hurt and making a choice?
Show answer
我受了伤还是选择善良。
What does 用时间换一点减伤 mean in simple English?
Show answer
Using time to get a little less hurt; trading time for some healing.