好久不見
hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn
Long Time No See

作詞：施立　
zuò cí/Lyricist ：shī lì

作曲：陳小霞　
zuò qǔ/Composer ：chén xiǎo xiá

演唱: 陳奕迅
yǎn chàng : chén yì xùn
Artist: Eason Chan

7th track from his 2007 album 《认了吧 Admit it》.

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( With a smile on my face, I’ll wave )

老男孩
lǎo nán hái
Old boys

演唱：筷子兄弟
yǎn chàng ：kuài zǐ xiōng dì
Artist: Chopstick Brothers

Theme song for 2010 chinese movie of same name. Originally a Japanese song 《ありがとう》 《谢谢 Thank You》 by 大桥卓弥.

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( If tomorrow ever comes, I'll send my wishes to you my dear )

今生缘
jīn shēng yuán
Affinities of this life

作词/作曲/演唱: 川子
zuò cí/zuò qǔ/yǎn chàng:chuān zǐ
Lyricist/Composer/Artist: Chuan Zi

A track from his 2009 album of the same name. A song that describe the bond of brotherhood with his friends, of which he spent 8 years in prison for.

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无眠(国语版)
wú mián (guó yǔ bǎn )
Sleepless (Mandarin ver.)

演唱: 苏打绿
yǎn chàng: sū dǎ lǜ
Artist: Sodagreen

14th track from their LIVE CD ‘十年一刻A Moment in 10 Years’ released on 27th August 2010.

Download song here [original Min Nan dialect ver. l Mandarin ver.]

( Guarding the shadows buried in there )

似水流年
sì shuǐ liú nián
Time Goes By

作詞：王海涛
zuò cí ：wáng hǎi tāo
Lyricist: Wang Hai Tao

作曲：李健
zuò qǔ ：lǐ jiàn
Composer: Li Jian

演唱：李健
yǎn chàng ：lǐ jiàn
Artist: Li Jian

2nd track from his 1st (2001) album ‘似水流年 Time Goes By’

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( In the flavour of passing time )

Originally a member of one of China’s top bands ‘水木年华 The Age of Wood and Water’, Li Jian left the group in 2002 to pursue a solo career. He is an electrical engineer graduate from one of China’s top universities - Tsing Hua University. A talented song-writer with a lovely voice ( Read more... )

This song is really beautiful. If I did my research correctly, this was the first ever song collaboration between Jay Chou and Vincent Fang ^_ ( Read more... )

I translated this and the next song for my mum. They are both sang in Taiwanese dialect (Min Nan dialect) so I'm not putting down the pronunciation. Most of my understanding of Min Nan speech comes from my also very little grasp of South East Asian Hokkien (blame my laziness in learning to speak it when young. Rejoice that I did manage to learn to ( Read more... )

你放了我以后, 你自己怎么办?
After you let me go, what will happen to you?
在战场上,没那么多以后.
On the battlefield, there are not many 'afterwards'.
~ Wen Tai to Mu Lan

I watched <<花木蘭 Hua Mulan>> on the plane home the other day. It was awesome. If you haven't heard of her, Hua Mulan is a legendary figure in Chinese culture famous for her filial piety who went to ( Read more... )

歌曲： 飞鸟和花
gē qǔ ： fēi niǎo hé huā
Flickering with Blossoms

作词： 香碟
zuò cí ： xiāng dié
Lyricist: Xiang Die

作曲/歌手： 萨顶顶
zuò qǔ /gē shǒu ： sà dǐng dǐng
Composer/Singer: Sa Ding Ding

7th track from her 1st(2007) album '万物生 Alive'

Download song from album here.

( Those that wander by, leave footsteps behind )