Learn Chinese with the La La Land Theme Song
Have you seen the movie La La Land (ài yuè zhī chéng 爱乐之城 / 愛樂之城)? I fell in love with music from the original sountrack and I had to use it to write my next lesson! Here's the song I wrote, I hope you like it!
I included the Chinese, Pinyin, and English translation below, and I hope you can learn a useful Chinese phrase or two! :)
- Yangyang
zhè ge shì jiè hěn měi hǎo
这个世界很美好
這個世界很美好
This world, it's so beautiful.
这个 / 這個 (zhè ge):This + generic measure word (ge)
世界 (shì jiè):world
美好 (měi hǎo):wonderful
Learn more about Chinese measure words
nǐ yǒu méi yǒu yòng xīn zhǎo
你有没有用心找?
你有沒有用心找
Have you ever really looked?
用心 (yòng xīn):diligently, attentively
找 (zhǎo):to look for, to search
nǐ shì wǒ xīn zhōng de bǎo
你是我心中的宝。
你是我心中的寶。
You are the treasure of my heart.
我心中 (wǒ xīn zhōng):in my heart
宝 / 寶 (bǎo): treasure
kě shì nǐ dōu bù zhī dào
可是你都不知道。
But you don't even know.
可是 (kě shì):but/however
知道 (zhī dào):to know
你不知道 (nǐ bù zhī dào):You don't know.
你都不知道 (nǐ dōu bù zhī dào):You don't even know.
You can learn Chinese with me through these other songs:
"The Moon Represents My Heart" - (yuè liang dài biǎo wǒ de xīn) 月亮代表我的心
YANGYANG CHENG | FEBRUARY 23, 2017

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