Mandarin learning guide
Learn with 用餘生去愛
This guide follows the lyric’s move from regret about time spent to a clear promise about how the remaining days will be used. The repeated refrain gives a compact way to study “余生,” “划得来,” and the contrast between wasted time and chosen love.
What to listen for
The lyrics begin by looking back at time spent waiting, hurting, and starting over, then turn toward meeting “you” and deciding that the rest of life should be used for love. The song repeatedly balances loss and value: youth, busy years, and blank spaces are set against the repeated claim that loving now is worth it, even if only a little time remains.
- Understand how the lyrics use time words such as 余生 and 剩下来的日子 to shift from the past to the future.
- Recognize how repetition and contrast strengthen the song’s emotional movement.
- Learn useful everyday Mandarin phrases for saying something is worth it, unclear, or still worth doing now.
How the song moves
Opening regret
The first lines describe waiting, hurting, breaking apart, and starting over, all before the turn toward meeting the other person.
Turning point
The lyric shifts to finally meeting you and saying that after that, there is nothing left to misunderstand.
Refrain and promise
The repeated section says the remaining days will be used to love, and that this life is worth it if only this one thing is done.
Closing value statement
The ending repeats the same promise and adds the idea that a limited life can be exchanged for endless love.
Translation choices
却用剩下来的相处时光 让两个人互相伤害
- Natural English
- Yet, with the remaining time together, we end up hurting each other.
- Why
- “却” marks a contrast with the previous waiting, and “互相伤害” is naturally rendered as mutual hurt in a relationship.
此生若能只做这件事 划得来
- Natural English
- If in this life I can only do this one thing, it’s worth it.
- Why
- “划得来” means something is worth the cost or effort, so this rendering keeps the practical, evaluative tone.
有限生命换无尽的爱 划得来
- Natural English
- Trading a limited life for endless love is worth it.
- Why
- This follows the line’s direct comparison between “有限生命” and “无尽的爱,” preserving the idea of exchange and value.
Useful Mandarin from the song
This phrase points to time left ahead and works naturally when talking about the rest of life or any remaining period.
Used to judge whether something is a good exchange of effort, time, or cost for the result.
In this lyric it describes blank or unresolved things that are left without a clear explanation.
A concise phrase for the fact that human life is limited; it can be used in reflective or serious statements.
Listen closely
- Listen for the repeated switch from past-time regret to future-time commitment, especially around the refrain.
- Notice how the same phrase 用余生去爱 returns several times, making the promise easy to catch by ear.
- Hear the contrast words such as 却 and 还好, which help mark the lyric’s turn from difficulty to affirmation.
Check your understanding
Which line best shows the shift from regret to commitment about the future?
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余下来的日子 就用来与你相爱
What does 划得来 mean in this song?
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It means something is worth it.