Vocabs from the lyrics of Onion Soup by Ruby Lin
洋葱浓汤 - 林心如 Yángcōng nóng tāng - Lín Xīnrú
浓汤 nóng tāng - thick soup; cream soup
林心如 Lín Xīnrú - Chinese name of the Taiwanese actress and singer Ruby Lin
(English translation based on the Youtube video attached in this post)
huīfù dānshēn dì yī gè zhōumò
First weekend of being single again
恢复 huīfù - restore; recover; regain
单身 dānshēn - single; unmarried
sluggish sluggish, don’t even want to move
tān zài shāfā shàng mèngyóu
lazing on the sofa dreaming away
瘫 tān - to be paralized (here it means to lie on the sofa)
沙发 shāfā - sofa (loanword)
游 yóu - to swim, to travel, to roam
梦游 mèngyóu - sleepwalking
liū gǒu ràng gǒu qiānzhe zǒu
took the dog for a walk, he ended up pulling me all the way
牵 qiān - to pull, to lead along by holding hand
fēnshǒu yīnggāi yào xuéhuì kuàilè
should learn to enjoy yourself after breakup
应该 yīnggāi - should, ought to, have to
学会 xuéhuì - to learn, to master
快乐 kuàilè - to be happy, happiness
I travelled across half the globe
绕 rào - go round; move around
地球 dìqiú - the globe, the earth
rèdài dǎoyǔ chuī chuī hǎifēng
go to tropical islands to enjoy the breeze
岛 dǎo / 岛屿 dǎoyǔ - island
吹 chuī - to blow (of wind)
海风 hǎifēng - sea breeze, sea wind
zhǐ kěxí shāyú chūmò jìnzhǐ yóuyǒng
only the sharks were lurking and swimming was prohibited
可惜 kěxí - unfortunately, it’s a pity
出没 chūmò - appear and disappear; haunt (没 in this word is pronounced as mò, not méi)
禁止 jìnzhǐ - to prohibit, to ban
游泳 yóuyǒng - to swim, swimming
xué yújiā xué xué qìgōng xué dǎzuò sìdàjiēkōng
learning yoga, qigong, meditation and metaphysics
气功 qìgōng - Qigong - a system of deep breathing exercises
四大皆空 sìdàjiēkōng - this world is an illusion (idiom - lit. the four elements are vanity)
wǒ zhǐ xuéhuì yǎnshén fàngkōng
but all I learnt was how to loose focus
眼神 yǎnshén - expression in one’s eyes
放空 fàngkōng - to relax completely; to empty one’s mind
zhuānjiā shuō chī yángcōng zhì shīliàn yǒu bùcuò xiàoguǒ
experts say eating onions have special healing powers after a separation
治 zhì - to heal, to cure, to treat
失恋 shīliàn - to lose one’s love; to break up in a romantic relationship
不错 búcuò - not bad, quite good
效果 xiàoguǒ - effect; result
kuài! kuài! kuài gěi wǒ yángcōng
quick, quick, quickly give an onion
bō yángcōng bō àiqíng de yángcōng
peel an onion, peel an onion of love
bō dé quán shìjiè shīliàn de nǚshēng yǎn hóng hóng
peeling till all the single girls in the world end up with red eyes
全世界 quán shìjiè - whole world
love is an intensive sport
剧烈 jùliè - intense, intensive
运动 yùndòng - motion, movement; sport; exercise, athletics
chasing, rushing, running, jumping, bumping
追赶 zhuīgǎn - to pursue; to run after; to chase
碰 pèng - to bump; to run into
shuāi dé bíqīngliǎnzhǒng hái shuō bú tòng! bú tòng!
fallen till your nose is brushed and face is battered yet you have to say it doesn’t hurt
摔 shuāi - to fall; to tumble; to lose one’s balance
鼻青脸肿 bíqīngliǎnzhǒng - bloody nose and swollen face (idiom)
qiè yángcōng qiè àiqíng de yángcōng
slicing onions, slicing onions of love
qiē kāi kǔsè guòqù áo zhǔ xìngfú de xiāng nóng
slicing out the bitter taste and browning an aroma of happiness
切开 qiē kāi - to slice out
苦涩 kǔsè - bitter and astringent; pained
熬 áo - to cook into porridge or thick soup
香 xiāng - aromatic; aroma; fragrance
yuàn tàn wú lù yòng huì hū rén xiào hān
moaning is futile, it would only be met with laughter
乎 hū - I NEED SOMEBODY EXPLAIN ME THIS, NO, PLEASE HELP ME EXPLAIN THIS SENTENCE!!!
笑 xiào - to laugh, to smile; laughter
yǒuxiē rén bù zhídé wèi tā shīliàn yī fēnzhōng
some people are not worth crying over a minute for
