L&M: Jay Chou, Tornado

Jay Chou is an excellent composer and singer (this is a personal opinion, of course). Tornado is only one of his popular songs, maybe one of the best known.

Listen to the song:

[If the link ain't working: Visit Baidu's MP3 search results for this song, then click on 试听 ]

>>Read the lyrics here!

TORNADO


爱像一阵风
吹完它就走
这样的节奏
谁都无可奈何

没有你以后
我灵魂失控
黑云在降落
我被它拖着走
静静悄悄默默离开
陷入了危险边缘baby~
我的世界已狂风暴雨

wu~爱情来的太快就像龙卷风
离不开暴风圈来不及逃
我不能再想
我不能再想
我不我不我不能
爱情走的太快就像龙卷风
不能承受我已无处可躲
我不要再想
我不要再想
我不我不我不要再想你
爱情来的太快就像龙卷风...
不知不觉
你已经离开我
不知不觉
我跟了这节奏
后知后觉
又过了一个秋
后知后觉
我该好好生活


Love is like a gust of wind
Finished blowing, it then goes away
This kind of rhythm
No one can cope with
Afterwards without you
My soul goes out of control
The dark cloud is landing
I am pulled away by it

Stealthily, secretly, quietly leave
Falling into the brink of danger
Baby~
My world is already hit by a violent storm

Wu~

Love has come too fast just like a tornado
Cannot leave the windstorm circle, too late to escape
I cannot think again
I cannot think again
I can’t
I can’t
I cannot

Love has gone too fast just like a tornado
Cannot bear it, I have already nowhere to hide
I don’t want to think again
I don’t want to think again
I can’t
I can’t
I don’t want to think of you again

Without knowing it
You have already left me
Without knowing it
I have followed this rhythm
In hindsight
Passed another autumn
In hindsight
I should make good use of my life

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Yes: I snatched the translation from Jay Chou Studio.

CG&Ct: Jay Chou's Mercedes Benz.

Sometimes, odd things happen to Jay Chou (Zhou Jie Lun).

For instance, if you're above 18 you could take your time and try to read the t-shirt he was wearing at a performance:

I guess his female viewers were very, veeeery nervous that day. However, today's post is not about his inviting shirt, but about some other odd thing that happened to him not so long ago.

I snatched the following text from jaycn.com. I found it so funny, I just have to post it here.



NOTE: The literal translation is provided along with the pinyin transcription, whereas a more understandable translation is given separately. Any mistakes, just let me know.

Difficulty: *****
Short, but intense (like his t-shirt)

周杰伦昨日凌晨在台北市襄 阳 路的土地银行大楼拍摄广告,

Yesterday morning, at Taipei’s Shi Xiang Yang Street’s Tu Di Bank, Jay Chou was shooting a commercial,

>>What happened to Jay Chou? Continue reading




他为了配合这 座古迹还特别用 一辆奔驰骨董车 来撑场面,

Chou, in order to match with the old buildings in the spot, brought along one of his antique Mercedes Benz.

只 可惜老车
不争气抛了锚,

Unfortunately, the old car decided to break down.

最后 只 见 周杰伦 尴尬
地 坐 在车 上,让大家 死
命推 才完成拍摄.

In the end, a most embarrassed Jay Chou ended up sitting in the car while the others on the set almost died, so tired they got, after pushing the car from behind in order to complete the shoot.

CG: A poor foreigner looking for Wang Jing Li

Difficulty:

*****

(Easy as can be, but a little bit more difficult than the previous text)

CHARACTERS

Knocking on the door:

Elizabeth 伊丽莎白

Opening the door:


Li Hong 李红



LOCATION:

Any residential area in Beijing.

One last note: My translation is a bit... free.

伊丽莎白:
敲门。二门三菱八号。对，就是这儿。

Elizabeth: (Knocks on the door). Door 2, number 308. Right, it’s exactly here.


李红:(开门)

Li Hong: (Opens the door and looks shocked at the blonde foreigner)

>The story continues here








伊丽莎白:
请问，王经理在家吗?
Elizabeth: Excuse me, is Wang Jing Li at home?


李红:
对不起，这里没有 王经理, 您找错了。要关门
Li Hong: Sorry girl, there’s no Wang Jing Li here. You are looking for him at the wrong place! (tries to close the door)


伊丽莎白:劳驾，这不是 二门三菱八室马

Elizabeth: Excuse me, ain’t this door 2, room 308 or what?


李红:对，这是二门三 菱八 室

可是，这. 不是王经理 的家。

Li Hong: Yes, this is door 2, room number 308, but this is NOT Wang Jing Li’s home!

伊丽莎白:
可是，您看，这是王经理给我的地址，
二门三菱八室。

Elizabeth: But, you see, this is the address Wang Jing Li gave me! Door 2, room 308.

李红:
(看了看地址) (笑) 你要找的王经理 是住 在二门三菱八 室。
我也住在二 门三菱八室。

Li Hong: (Looks at the piece of paper) (Laughs at her). Indeed, your Wang Jing Li does live at door 2, room number 308. And so do I.

伊丽莎白:
可是。。。 不解


Elizabeth: But… (confused)


李红:

你找的王经理 住在 十五号楼。
这是十六号楼。

Li Hong: Your Wang Jing Li lives in the building number 15. This is building number 16!


伊丽莎白:真对不起！。 拿过地址。找错楼了。是十五号楼 二门三菱八室，打扰了。

Elizabeth: Oh Gosh! I’m so sorry! (takes back the address). I was looking for him the wrong place, it was building 15, door nº2 and room number 308, I’m sorry to have troubled you!


李红:
没关系。

Li Hong: I will not take this into account, if you are ever to be part of my guan xi wang.

伊丽莎白:
再见。

Elizabeth: Bye!

李红:
再见。

Li Hong: Bye.




Source: Communicate in Chinese, Vol. 1 by China Central Television

---Anything I need to correct, please let me know.---

CG: A typical Chinese family

This is the description of a typical Chinese family (before birth restrictions).

Difficulty:

(easy as can be)

Note: Only literal translation is provided. I guess the meaningful translation can be figured out, in this case.

我的 家庭

wǒde Jiātíng

My family

我是上海人

I am Shanghai-person


我家有六个人：父亲，母亲，爱人，两个孩子和我。

My family has 6 (cl) person: father, mother, love-person, two (cl) children and I.

>>Continue reading



两个孩子 一个是 男的，一个是女的。。
男孩子今年将十岁，
女孩子 八岁。
他们都在学校 埝书

Two (cl) children, one (cl) is male, one (cl) is female.
Male child this year 10 years old, female child 8 years old.
they at school study.


我在一家商店工作。
我爱人 是一个女工。
父亲，母亲年纪大了。
他们身体很好。



I at a (cl) shop work.
my love-person is a (cl) (female) worker.
father, mother age big (le).
they health very good.

Chinese takeaway?

Check out this hilarious Chinese Takeaway phone joke, from an English radio Station.

WARNING: This blog is GAY

Dear Tai:

Thanks for your wise criticism.

I already learnt of the possibility for bloggers to be taken for gays. What I didn't know is that the very blogs we write manifest sexual tendencies.

I might as well make a very clear warning for any possible visitor. DON'T EXPECT A MACHO BLOG. Tai has spoken:

This blog is gay, 同性恋, mariposón, homo!!

Coming to think of it, what is it in a blog that makes it a gay blog, and not a lesbian blog, or nechrophilic? Does it come from using terms such as Nourish/ Delicate? Is it because of the clear phallic elements in the main picture (the chopsticks)?

Can the two chopsticks over the bowl on a broken surface, be an overt reference to onanism?


Anyway... Those of you who think a blog's gayness might get contangious, please get out of this blog, the gayest in the galaxy, preferably by clicking on the adds to the left.




(Thanks to Sinosplice, as always, for the pinyin tip.)

Ct: A Chinese Proverb.

Chinese proverbs are an excellent way to know their culture, while we are told a lesson.

Today I have chosen one of my favourite ones:

塞翁失马

The story begins when an old man of the frontier loses his horse (that's what the proverb recalls). The horse fled into a dangerous area, so it was impossible to bring it back.

However, thought to himself: "Who says this may not be a blessing one day?"

Several months later, the horse came back along with a group of fine horses. The man was congratulated by relatives and friends, but he thought: "Who says this won't turn out to be a misfortune?"

The old man's son loved the new horses so much, he often took a ride on them. Since the horses well not well tamed, he fell off one of them one day, and became crippled. The old man thought: "Who says this may not be a blessing in disguise?".

Some time later, the area were the old man lived was invaded. Most young people living in the frontier regions had to join the army to fight the invaders. About nine out of every ten of the draftees were killed in the battle. As a cripple, the old man's son did not have to fight, so that he survived the border war.

"Therefore, a blessing may turn out to be a misfortune and the contrary also be true".



NOTES：
塞(sài)：frontier. 失(shī)：lose. 马(mǎ): horse
翁(wēng)：ancient Chinese word, meaning "old man".


How many modern examples could we find of this?

CH: dao1 / li4 dao1 pang2

Characters with dao1 (Knife) can refer to cutting, carving, actions which require the use of a knife, etc. Li4 dao1 pang2 is evolved from dao1.