Chinese Lyrics Challenge

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Your charm extends out to the Milky Way
You wish you could seduce the whole world
When I’m in the corner and you occasionally think of me
Flirting with girls is righteous

Seeing as how you don’t like me that much
Why are you always flirting with me?
Seeing as how it’s loneliness-induced trouble
Why do you come to burden me?

Because I’ll take it seriously
Because I’m too naive
Helplessly I go past the point of no return
Stupid earnestness
Carefully following your every step
Desperately longing earnestness

Your performing skills surpass those of skilled courtesans
I'm a bag of nerves, you're at ease
When my bored-to-death spirit was set aflame

Flirting with girls is righteous
Seeing as how you don’t like me that much
Why are you always flirting with me?
Seeing as how it’s loneliness-induced trouble
Why do you come to punish me?
Because I’ll take it seriously
Because I’m too naive
Helplessly I go past the point of no return
Stubbornly pursue this error
Desperately longing stupidity

All my feelings
Rise because of you
Fall because of you
Totally befuddled by you
Follow you here
Follow you there
Waste my time on you

Why are you always flirting with me?
Seeing as how it’s loneliness-induced trouble
Seeing as how you don’t like me that much
Why do you come to burden me?

Because I’ll take it seriously
Because I’m too naive
Helplessly I go past the point of no return
Stupid earnestness
 

Answer

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Every young lady is a flower
Wherever it blooms, cow poop will be there
Every dude has a phrase
Don’t know whether or not to say it to a girl

Hey girl, where're you off to?
I haven’t finished saying what I want to say
Hey girl, are you going to come back?
When you get back, let’s finish our conversation

So girl, when you’re thirsty do you drink water?
Me too, this must be fate
Hey girl, when you’re hungry do you eat?
Me too, this must be fate

Hey girl, does your long hair hang over your shoulders?
Me too, this must be fate
Girl, do you like to wear your hair in braids?
Me too, this must be fate

Fate grows wings, it will fly
Without you realizing it, it flies to your side
Fate grows legs, it will run
If you don’t catch him, he’ll be out of sight

So girl, where're you off to?
I haven’t finished saying what I want to say
Hey girl, are you going to come back?
When you get back, let’s finish our conversation

Hey girl, when you’re tired do you sleep?
Me too, this must be fate
Hey girl, when you wake up do you get out of bed?
Me too, this must be fate

Hey girl, do you like listening to this song?
Me too, this must be fate
Hey girl, do you want another one?
Me too, this must be fate

Hey girl girl, when you’re thirsty do you drink water?
Me too, this must be fate
Hey girl girl, when you're hungry do you eat?
Me too, this must be fate

Hey girl girl, does your long hair hang over your shoulders?
Me too, this must be fate
Hey girl girl, do you like to wear your hair in braids?
Me too, this must be fate

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Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

I raise my eyes and see the outline of Thousand Buddha Mountain
I close my eyes—there’s Lake Daming and the city moat
Spurting Spring is gushing by my ear
But I’m not sure
Jinan
What is it actually like?
What is it really like?

Cheongsam-wearing girls, where are you?
Oldsters performing clapper talk, where are you?
Annoying little kids all grew up
The local accent of the young’uns, is there anyone who remembers it?

Ancient streets and alleys have already been torn down
Republican era train station, I haven't even seen it
For years now, Qingshiban's spring water is nowhere to be found
The beautiful scenery of a weeping willow by every house is already a legend

Jinan, Jinan, where are you?
Jinan, Jinan, I'm too far from home
Jinan, Jinan, I can't go back
Jinan, Jinan, I'm missing you

The Yellow River used to flow through Old Town's west side
East, south, and north, mountains and rivers surround those sides
Sandstorms from Inner Mongolia, they charge straight in
Springwater moistens the city's arteries

Magnificent city walls, all that's left of it is Liberation Pavilion
The neon lights can't illuminate the city moat
Yanxi Temple's sign board is dim and falling apart
Furong Street's restaurants, how many serve Shandong cuisine?

Jinan, Jinan, where are your roots?
Jinan, Jinan, what do you have left?
Jinan, Jinan, do you know
Jinan, Jinan, how much I love you?

I raise my eyes and see the outline of Thousand Buddha Mountain
I close my eyes—there’s Lake Daming and the city moat
Spurting Spring is gushing by my ear
I just want to say to you
Jinan
I miss you
I want to go back home
 

Answer

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Hi everyone, I'm Wang Qiang, guitar teacher Wang Qiang
Let me tune everyone's strings
Firstly, strum the E string, let me listen to see if it's in tune
Uh, this is off, turn it 30 degrees to the left

It's off, it's off, turn it 30 degrees to the right
Still off, another 30 degrees
Teacher, I've turned it as far as it'll go
Oh, if it's all the way then it's alright

Wang Qiang is a guitar teacher
He's not a qualified guitar teacher
First turn a string 30 degrees to the left
Then turn it 30 degrees back to the right

Wang Qiang is a guitar teacher
A guitar teacher who'll lead students astray
He has a priceless
Acoustic guitar tuner

Students, let me tell you
When you study under me, you must buy my tuner
My tuner is 3000 bucks
Special insider price is 2000 to take it home

Wang Qiang is a guitar teacher
Still not up to par with Fenghua Arts Academy's instructor Liu Chuan
Mr Liu Chuan teaches us how to use the pitch pipe
Wang Qiang, all you know is 30 degrees (method)

Wang Qiang's tuner costs 3000 bucks
I really think it's a little too pricey
Mr Wang Qiang, you shouldn't lead students astray
Actually, you're just a fraud

Is Wang Qiang really a guitar teacher?
Actually he's just a big fraud
Is Wang Qiang really a guitar teacher?
Actually he's just a dumbass
 

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Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Can't stand how high the waves are and how salty the water is
I just live near the shore
Seaside wind is very cool, coconut juice is very sweet
I just sleep under the trees

Dad says the beach is very muggy, weather is very hot
Can't be suitable for me
Mom says the beach is too far, too many bad guys
Can't stop worrying about me

But since I was little you both said
The sea is the kingdom of freedom
A free, fabulous, tolerant place
How can it not accommodate me
I'll run towards it with all my might
Just treat it as exercising my body
This is how it becomes my own little piece of the sea

Answer

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Distant islands, no longer vast
Young girl traveling from afar, still silent
In the boat, the song that was playing on arrival is still on loop
On the sea’s surface, silver waves appear

Escaped the past, come here alone
Easternmost island, start a new life
Youth hostel by the mountain, find a job
Only sing her song to stray dogs

Badun, Badun, Badun
I come alone, I leave alone
Badun, Badun, Badun
Is there someone who would wait for you to come home?

Until she encounters her
So out of the ordinary
Like the beam of a lighthouse
Illuminating the forsaken night sky
She said, let’s go together
Badun always disappears in
The grove by the road near the wharf
But where does she go?
Deep in the sea winds, reverberates
The voice of seventeen

Badun, Badun, Badun
I come alone, I leave alone
Badun, Badun, Badun
Is there someone who would wait for you to come home?

Badun, Badun, Badun
I come alone, I leave alone
Badun, Badun, Badun
Is there someone who would wait for you to come home?

Badun, Badun, Badun
I don’t want her to leave alone
Badun, Badun, Badun
Is there someone who would wait for me to come home?

Badun, Badun, Badun

Answer

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

I was born in a small northern town, by the banks of the serene Chaobai River
To commemorate her tranquility, my name is Peace

Spring wavering between warm and cold, sparrow flies over open country
White snow quietly melts, my name is Peace

When I was 18, I departed from her gaze
Came to a strange city, maybe I’ll never go back

In a spring wavering between warm and cold, sparrow flies over open country
Fly to a strange city, my name is Peace

My name is Peace, in this strange world

It turns out the world is vast and expansive, no way to see its edges
People drift further and further apart, hearts become ice-cold and apathetic
I found my beloved, now I’ll never go back
I told her my name, my name is Peace

My name is Peace, in this unpeaceful world

Hope you find happiness in the city, find happiness

Hope you find happiness in the city, find happiness

Answer

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

I’m at the stalls of building materials market
Acting as if I’m in auto parts market
Looking at the shop fronts outside Sixth Ring
Setting solar panels in the sun

Turning over xiaolongbao’s cover
Putting on lighting decoration market's airs
Eating yangchun noodle's chopped green onions
Strumming instrument market's strings

Even if you're a small business owner or entrepeneur
To celebrate the new year, you'll go home
Eat a New Year's Eve dinner
Holding your lover, drink merrily

Just during these few days, can enjoy free time
Play mahjong and chat, stroll around with old folks
Go visit your relatives, go to the temple to eat candied fruit on skewers
After a few days, there will again be anxiety and busyness
This is how the the New Year gets going

Even if you're a small business owner or entrepeneur
To celebrate the new year, you'll go home
Eat a New Year's Eve dinner
Holding your lover, drink merrily

Even if you're a small business owner or entrepeneur
To celebrate the new year, you'll go home
Eat a New Year's Eve dinner
Holding your lover, drink merrily

Go to the temple to light incense, pray for a peaceful year
Whose birth sign year is it?
Brother who served in the military, distant people
Longing for the mountain, comforting phone call

Even if you're a small business owner or entrepeneur
To celebrate the new year, you'll go home
Eat a New Year's Eve dinner
Holding your lover, drink merrily

Even if you're a small business owner or entrepeneur
To celebrate the new year, you'll go home
Eat a New Year's Eve dinner
Holding your lover, drink merrily

Even if you're a small business owner or entrepeneur
To celebrate the new year, you'll go home
Eat a New Year's Eve dinner
Holding your lover, drink merrily
Holding your lover, drink merrily

Answer

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

After enduring the winter’s big snowfalls
Have the birds turned around?
After a winter's worth of waiting
Have memories slipped away?

Street lights that turn on too early, evening wind, flickering lights
People you briefly encounter, streets and cities, the presences you don't perceive

Wait until spring is almost here
Wait until spring, green (like the color of jade) is appearing on branches
This spring

Kids, kids, stave off your cravings, after Laba (eighth day of the twelfth lunar month) is the new year
Kids, kids, stave off your cravings, bit by bit to the twenty-third

Twenty-third, malt sugar candy
Twenty-fourth, day for cleaning
Twenty-fifth, buy tofu
Twenty-sixth, cut a piece of meat
Twenty-seventh, buy a chicken
Twenty-eighth, leaven dough
Twenty-nineth, steam buns
Night of the thirtieth, stay up late (until midnight)
New year's day, shake your booty

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Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

The bird that flew from the desert, it told me
It's desolate there, all that's left is paleness
The bird that flew from my hometown, it told me
Mother's wrinkles are already old and gray-haired

On this kind of night, why do I always
I think of you again, the girl I abandoned
On this kind of night, why do I always
I think of you again, I think of you again

The bird that flew from the grasslands, it told me
It's grown wild there, all that's left is vastness
The bird that flew from the south, it told me
The beloved girl already has flowing long hair

On this kind of night, why do I always
I thought of you again, the girl I once loved
On this kind of night, why do I always
I think of you again, I think of you again

Answer
 

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

A long, long time ago
You had me, I had you
A long, long time ago
You left me to soar in a distant sky

The world outside is wonderful
The world outside is very fickle
When you think the outside world is wonderful
I'll be here sincerely wishing you well

When the evening sun sets
I'm always here longing for you
Even though the sky is filled with drizzling rain
I'll still be waiting for your return

The world outside is wonderful
The world outside is very fickle
When you think the outside world is very fickle
I'll still be here patiently waiting for you

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Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Baby, when you came into this world
Did you know how happy your father was?
That day I invited so many of our friends
And picked this pleasant-sounding name for you
From this moment on you will be called Zheng Qianhua!
“Qian” as in “earning money”, hua as in “spending money”
Your father is currently a pauper
Your entire future rests in your own hands!

Baby, when you came into this world
Did you know how joyful your mother was?
That day she knitted a handsome sweater
I think when you wear it will look great
From this moment on you will be called Zheng Qianhua!
“Qian” as in “earning money”, hua as in “spending money”
Your father also wants to be a macho man
Give you and your mother a warm home!

But, my baby, do you know?
How hard it is to earn money now?
Raising a child is damn hard!
Is family planning still necessary?!
Glorious motherland, she’s got a ton of money!
Does 4 trillion have anything to do with me?
Proud GDP grows with a whoosh!
Can I trade it for several disposable diapers?!

Baby, your name is Zheng Qianhua
As your father I love you, but I’m helpless
So in the future you have to rely on yourself
Your father can only give you his heartfelt blessings!
Grow up properly, don't get sick
Study hard so we can save money on education costs
When you grow up, earn money and spend it
I give you my heartfelt blessings!

Answer
 

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Shana, my daughter
Darling, I love you
Shana, I’m sorry
To have brought you into this world

Even though this world
Has so much beauty
Unfortunately this world
Still has many problems

Shana, I’m powerless
To solve these problems, you’ll have to rely on yourself
Shana, you will understand
The beauty of the world is in your heart
In my heart

Shana, my daughter
Darling, I love you
Shana, I’m sorry
To have brought you into this world
In the future, this world
Will have many problems
Fortunately, there will still be beauty in our hearts

Shana, if you learn
Mercy, kindness, wisdom, determination
Shana, if you sing
You will be beautiful, you will be happy
You will understand
 

Answer
 

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Uncle Li wants to be a Red soldier
Red Army doesn’t want that uncle
Because Uncle Li’s butt is big
Too easy for Japs to spot the target

Uncle Li found the commander
The commander is also an uncle (an old guy)
Because uncle feels sorry for uncle
Uncle honorably joined the army

Uncle Li went on a mission
Got halfway up the mountain
Because Uncle Li’s butt is big
He was spotted by the Japs

Uncle Li patted his stomach and ran
Japs came up stabbing
For the revolution, for the party
Uncle Li gloriously sacrificed himself

Rain falling on pear blossoms
Tightly close the door
Yan clay is spent
Flowers falling into dust

Hoping you are an honoroed guest that understands my kindness and intention
And not a confused person who can't tell right from wrong
I did not come seeking fame and glory
I hope, Mister, that you don't let me down

Uncle Li wants to be a Red soldier
Red army doesn't want Uncle Li
Because Uncle Li’s butt is big
Too easy for Japs to spot the target

Uncle Li found the commander
The commander is also an old uncle
Because old uncle sympathizes with old uncle
Uncle Li honorably became a Red soldier

Uncle Li went on a mission
Climbed up a small hillside
Because Uncle Li’s butt is big
He was spotted by the Japs

Uncle Li slapped his butt and ran
Japs came up stabbing
For the revolution, for the party
Uncle Li gloriously sacrificed himself

For the revolution, for the party
Uncle Li gloriously sacrificed himself
For the revolution, for the party
Uncle Li gloriously sacrificed himself

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Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.

What should we use to wash away
The traces left by war
A once great land is now left with nothing but devastation
What should we use to wash away
The marks left by violence
A once-glorious homeland has been razed to the ground

You turned all the people who loved you into killing robots
Make them slaughter each other so you can conquer more territory
To pompously satisfy your bottomless selfish desires
Violence has been labeled as war to uphold your so-called justice

When your beloved loses both legs on the battlefield
When he’s unable to sleep at night, shouting and crying in pain
When you fearfully wait for news and it finally becomes a death notification
Then victory in war is mockery aimed directly at you

When you’re still diligently pondering your life’s potential
When the bomb drops a second before you receive blessings
This isn’t the heavens making a senseless joke at your expense
You must start praying for the lifetime of suffering you will receive

Your people are drifting in misery, homeless and destitute
Your people are desperately searching for a way to survive
You’ve already gotten what you were striving for
But you paid a painful price in bloodshed

Your power is pushing you towards the path of no return
Your power will not allow your soul to be redeemed
Yet even if you are hacked to pieces, it won’t wash away your sins
Violence has completely turned into a berserker demon

What should we use to resist
The merciless destruction of bullets
You use the bodies of warriors to build the facade of war victory
What should we use to rouse
The deeply slumbering power
The firepower of war cannot withstand the longing for peace in people's hearts

What should we use to liberate
The power of love and peace
So that it can heal the desolation of time
To allow happiness to grow like crazy
No more casualties
No more casualties
No more people will be hurt by this
 

Answer
 

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Sharpen knives and scissors, collect used books, fix bowls

Popsicles and ice cream bars, soymilk and deep-fried breadsticks
These are the flavors that can’t be erased from my childhood
Big bowl of sheep innards, egg with rice wine
Along with people’s customs, (these foods) have been forgotten due to the changing of the times

Old Bai at the alleyway, he’s singing a folk song
Whatever he’s singing, whatever it is, you listen
Sharpen knives and scissors, the wind is blowing the willow branches
We sit on the riverbank singing the local folk songs from that time
Sharpen knives and scissors, people from the big mountain
They smoke and smoke their water pipes, letting time slip away
Sharpen knives and scissors, my loved one
Throw away your rouge now and come with me to seek tomorrow
Sharpen knives and scissors, I’m a happy person
Even if time becomes lightning fast, I’ll still live brilliantly

Water so clear, mountain so green
This is the childhood from my dreams that I can’t return to
Winter’s kang (heatable brick bed), summers’s sun
Spring’s flowing brook, autumn’s wine
At that end of the mountain, Yellow River’s upper reaches
Comes a sound, you listen

Sharpen knives and scissors, wind is blowing on the wharf
They sit on the riverbank looking at that western mountain’s sun
Sharpen knives and scissors, people from the big mountain
They’re drinking tea from teacups with lids and gossiping about the boss family’s unexpected misfortunes
Sharpen knives and scissors, my loved one
Put aside your worries and come with me to seek your childhood
Sharpen knives and scissors, I’m a happy person
Just keep walking, don’t look back

Sharpen knives and scissors, collect used books
Collect used books, return to your hometown

Answer
 

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Remember in my youth
Everyone was honest and sincere
Say something and that’s that

Daybreak at the train station
Long street is dark, no pedestrians
The shop selling soy milk gives off steam

In the past, the hues of sunlight changed slowly
Cars, horses, mail were all slow
A lifetime lasts long enough to love one person

In the past, locks were lovely
Keys were elegant and classy
You locked it, and everyone understood

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If my mighty eagle loses its wings
If my spirited horse loses its direction
If my open country becomes a barren desert
If my rivers dry up and stop flowing

Don’t let the eagle’s soaring lose its wings
Don’t let the steed’s gallop lose its direction
Don’t let your desire drown your heart
Don’t let Mother Earth convalesce in loneliness

If my highland loses its pastures
If my shepherds lose their cows and sheep
Don’t let the eagle’s soaring lose its wings
Don’t let the steed’s gallop lose its direction
I fly over grasslands, searching for heaven
I fly in the sky, sun and moon illuminate me

I fly ah, I fly ah, lonelily I fly ah
I fly ah, I fly ah, lonelily I fly ah

Heaven is calling out
Restore everlasting green to the earth
I fly ah, I fly ah
I fly ah, I fly ah
Love knows no borders

I fly ah, I fly ah, lonelily I fly ah
I fly ah, I fly ah, freely I fly ah

I lonelily fly
I freely fly
I freely fly
I fly ah, I fly ah, lonelily I fly ah
I fly ah, I fly ah, freely I fly ah
 

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Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Lady Nüwa mended the heavens
A leftover rock became Mt Hua
Birds fly with their backs to that sun
Fly from the east side to the west side

Why has the sky turned grey?
Why does the earth have no green?
Why are people's hearts not red?
Why has the snowy mountain turned black?

Why does the rhino have no horn?
Why does the elephant have no tusks?
Why does the shark have no fin?
Why do the birds have no wings?

Heaven and earth keep each other company
Birds go around that sun
Mt Hua and Yellow River keep each other company
The rice in the fields bend over in laughter

Why does the desert have no oasis?
Why are the stars no longer twinkling?
Why are the flowers no longer blooming?
Why is the world devoid of color?

Why is it we know the outcome?
Why are we still being wasteful?
We must stop our forward march
(We) should restore a little color to the world

Answer
 

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

(Bossily) I’m a badass doctor of Chinese medicine
Specialize in treating talking BS
Headache, fever, low blood pressure
Has nothing to do with me

If you want to talk BS
Why not strike an airplane (slang) instead
Not only cheap but also enjoyable
And also no pressure

Eat a bit is no big deal
Drink a bit is no big deal
People who talk BS
(They) all lack real ability

If someone is talking BS
Just find an awesome doctor of Chinese medicine
A beating of “punish five evils” fist
Beat your head until it leaks air

(Bossily) I’m a badass doctor of Chinese medicine
Driving a tractor
Running all over the country
Specialize in treating talking BS

Carrying a Dageda (huge and expensive legacy mobile phone from the 90s)
Wear a pager around my waist
Wear a pair of big boxers
Effing Yuxi cigarette dangling from mouth

(Bossily) I’m a badass doctor of Chinese medicine
All day smiling and laughing
Hear someone talking BS
Will beat them by kicking

(Bossily) I’m a badass doctor of Chinese medicine
When I go out I still take a taxi
Sometimes will find two young companions
Effing do 3P (slang)

Every day talking BS
Sooner or later will be struck by lightning
If lightning didn't strike you dead
There's still a badass doctor of Chinese medicine

Don't talk BS
Those who talk BS will be kicked
(Even more bossily) I'm a badass doctor of Chinese medicine
Specialize in treating talking BS

Answer
 

Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

If you see that I’m ignoring you
I’m doing it on purpose
At night I still wear sunglasses
I’m still faking it

I own a small Xiali
My key chain says Audi
Going out must bring a chauffeur and assistant
Otherwise I won’t go anywhere at all

There’s one leader, he says to me
Your taste is excellent
If you listen to even more classical music
You can enter another world

I suddenly gained respect for him
I repeatedly nodded to express my approval
Suddenly his phone rang
(Can’t bear being wounded, really can’t bear being wounded)
Wow, leader! I really appreciate this classical classic song.
I pinched myself

Living in this world, people coming and going
Every shade and description
Can’t clearly discern who’s a good person
Who’s a big bad wolf

The forest is big, the birds are many
Don’t lose your bearings
People in jianghu, do what they please
When you should fake it, you must fake it

Everyone is a director of life
On occasion, make a cameo for several days
As an actor bound by the unwritten rules of life
My role is always the brightest
My costume is the most beautiful
My box office is always sold out
When I should fake it, I must fake it

In my social circle is an older woman
Every day she’s very active
In every photo expose her underwear
Everything she says is very artsy

She obviously looks like a hired thug
But she insists she looks like an actress
Even though she’s only 56
But this is everyone’s freedom

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Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

I want to waste time with you
For example, look down at fish
For example, leave tea cups on the table and walk away
Squander their good-looking shadows

I also want to squander the setting sun together with you
For example, take a stroll
Keep idling until the sky is full of stars
I also want to squander the moment when the wind rises
Sit in the hallway and stare blankly
Until the dark clouds in your eyes
Are all blown out the window

I’ve already idled away the world, it passed through me
Weariness is like never having been loved
But I still want tomorrow to be like this
Wasting time, I still want it to be like this

An eyeful of flowers and plants
Life should just as glorious as they are
The same meaninglessness, the same
Like a movie that was idled through

For example, leaning on the railing
Look down at the water’s mirror
Until all the things that have been idled away
Grow delicate wings behind our backs

I’ve already idled away the world, it passed through me
Weariness is like never having been loved
But I still want tomorrow to be like this
Wasting time, I still want it to be like this
Want us to waste each other
Together idle through brief silence, long meaninglessness
Together idle through the intricate yet aged universe

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Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Just like this, day after day
Just like this, smoking
I’m burning time
Year after year

Won’t keep thinking about yesterday
Today will quickly become the past
Also won’t wait for tomorrow
Getting through today

Reflect from every day’s experience
Sing every day’s joy and sorrow
Drink a cup of coffee without sugar
Taste many flavors (within)

Maybe there are tears
Maybe there will be regret
Maybe this is what makes it perfect
There’s only one life
Time flows like water
Maybe its ephemerality is what makes it beautiful

Just like this, day after day
Just like this, staring into space
I’m enjoying time
Year after year

It’s too late to wait for yesterday
Today will quickly become the past
It’s also too late to wait for tomorrow
Got through today

This moment’s experience
This moment’s joy and sorrow
This cup of coffee without sugar
Taste even more flavors (within)

Because there are tears
Because there’ll be regrets
Because it’s like this, it can be called beautiful
There’s only one life
Time flows like water
Maybe its ephemerality is what makes it beautiful

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Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

I think I should calm down to think about some words
I think I should calm down to walk a path
I think I should calm down to read a book
I just want to calm down to reflect on myself

I think I should calm down to sleep a spell
I think I should calm down to think about someone
I think I should calm down to forget those things
I just want to calm down to reflect on myself

When everything starts to calm down
Calm enough for me to hear a composed and quiet heartbeat
Calm like clouds
Calm like air
Calmly and gradually I get used to it

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Use the translated English lyrics below to find the title and artist of the song. Bonus points for providing a video or audio link. A short audio clip is provided as an additional hint, should you need it.
 

Clouds, just like wandering minstrels
Singing the wind’s song, spitting the rain’s saliva
Birds, forgot how to fly
Anyway, being in a cage isn’t tiring, can sleep soundly

Turn off cell phone, activate insect’s antennae
Let us perceive this world

Right now, close your friend feed
Close your eyes, and your mouth
Ears, can probe orientation
Let us slowly search for the distant place

Reindeer eats that lichen ah
It can’t come out of the forest ah

Information overload is like carbon in the air
Am I engaging too many senses (at once)?
Invite “Silence” on a date
Use insect’s antennae to chat with her

The ink on the page is deeper than that on a page
The music on a live stage is more real than that from earphones
After we meet in person, give me your time, ok?
After returning home, (use our cell phones to) keep in touch

Use insect’s antennae to look far afield
Use insect’s antennae to perceive this world, ok? Heh heh.

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