Song 2: Super Junior M - Break Down [1/4]
Learn Mandarin With Me! (Music Version) -- Extra Study Materials
1st Verse
(Henry)
这不像是我 [zhe bu xiang shi wo] = This isn’t like me
*这 [zhe] = This
*不像 = Unlike, Different
-Remember 不 [bu] is a negative particle while 像 [xiang] means 'same'.
完全冷静不来 [wan quan leng jing bu lai] = Couldn’t calm down at all
*完全 [wan-quan] = At all, Totally
*冷静 [leng-jing] = Calm Down, Chill
路人都看穿 [lu ren dou kan chuan] = Passer-bys also see through
*路人 [lu-ren] = Passer-bys
*看穿 [kan-chuan] = See Through, Expose
-看 [kan] = See, Look, View
-穿 [chuan]
= Wear (as in wearing clothes)
= Penetrate, Pass through
**Character can be the same but sounds different with different innotations and they mean differently.
对你我有种特别期待 [dui ni wo you zhong te bie qi dai] = I have some sort of special anticipation for you
*对你 [dui-ni]
-对 [dui] (just this word) Correct.
-你 [ni] = You
--But when used together, 对 is kind of acting like a 'Direction' term.
*种 [zhong] = Type, Species, Kind of
*特别 [te-bie] = Special
*期待 [qi-dai] = Expectation, Anticipation
(Dong Hae)
失控了 怎么办 [shi kong le zen me ban] = Lost control, what to do
*失控 [shi-kong] = Lose Control
-失 = Lose
-控 = Control
*怎么办 [zen-me-ban] = What to do?
-- In Korean, it would be 'Eottheokae'
快要离不开 [kuai yao li bu kai] = (I am about to) not be able to leave
*快要 [kuai-yao] = About to
*离不开 [li bu-kai] = Unable to Leave
-离 = Leave
-不开
-- 不 denotes a negative meaning while, 开 (alone) means 'Open'.
-- When used together with 离, it would mean 'unable to leave'.
Published: 18.01.2013, 11:08pm
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