Laowai Chinese 老外中文

A Simple Song

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

This is a simple song by Wáng Lìhóng 王力宏. It's called just that: yī shǒu jiǎndānde gē 一首簡單的歌 ("A Simple Song"), which can lead to all sorts of clever lines if you're ever asked what you'd like to sing for everyone (it happens in China--not "Would you like to ...

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Invisible Wings

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Here's my attempt at a translation of a pop song called "Yǐnxíng de Chìbǎng" 隐形的翅膀 ("Invisible Wings") by Zhāng Sháohán 张韶涵. Of course I almost always need help when translating songs because translating poetry from one language to another is something you can get a graduate degree in if you ...

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