Today I rewatched a few episodes of Meet Yourself, got the title song stuck in my head and spent the last couple of hours copying the lyrics and translating them to Portuguese with the help of Pleco.
Who knew 鱼肚白 ("fish-belly white", which in most English translations of the song appears as "the belly of the white fish" or something similar) refers to the color of the light at dawn?
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It's a sweet, feel-good song from a sweet, feel-good drama that really makes me want to travel to Yunnan.
The line 等有风的时候把帆扬起 makes me emotional for some reason.
I recently started watching China’s version of The Voice, 《中国好声音》. I watched the 2022 season, which just ended, and also the 2021 season. One of my favorite contestants was 陈文非 (Chen Wenfei). She has a pretty unique voice and experimented with several different styles of songs, both of which I appreciated. This song of hers is so catchy—it’s been stuck in my head for weeks!
大本钟 dàběnzhōng - Big Ben
暴雨 bàoyǔ - torrential rain / rainstorm
扑朔迷离 pūshuòmílí - impossible to unravel / confusing
气息 qìxī - breath / smell / odor / flavor
沉睡 chénshuì to be fast asleep / to lie dormant / to lie undiscovered
纸醉金迷 zhǐzuìjīnmí - indulging in a life of luxury (lit. dazzling with paper and gold)
安放 ānfàng - to lay / to place / to put in a certain place
天涯 tiānyá - the other end of the world / a faraway place
抚平 fǔpíng - to flatten / to smooth down / to unwrinkle / to soothe (emotional wounds) / to heal (scars)
I’m a fan of the novel that this drama is adapted from. So I’m re-editing it according to the novel. This is my ongoing project. You can watch the entire Youtube playlist here.
About This Episode
This episode is for chapter 71-81 in the book, a lot of sorrow and memories....I usually just pick one of the chapter titles as my video title, and this time "shattered" really includes a lot: what is shattered? The love-and-hate past between TTJ and YXW, the magic bracelet for both confinement and protection, Ye Xiwu's body after jumping off the towel...Out of story-telling purpose I didn't put Ye Bingchang's ending into this video, also because it's too bloody: her arms and legs were cut off... Also, Tantai Jin's hairs were supposed to turn white after Ye Xiwu's death, but I don't have enough skills to do that cool effect LOL. Also, Yue Fuya is a guy, not a girl as the drama changed his gender, so I used Huhan's clips for this character LOL.
I need encouragement! Since after this episode the drama almost deviates 90% off the book...It becomes super hard to continue this series...
Other Links
If you're interested in reading more about the book, you can find an ongoing fan-translated version of the book by secondlife translation here
I use one song to conclude one episode. The song for this episode is Come Here for You. Li Susu came to 500 years ago for Tantai Jin, and Tantai Jin also comes to Li Susu's place 500 years later. The lyrics are also translated in the video.
One of my favorite covers to listen to. It gives me nostalgic vibes because my mom would play Teresa Teng songs so much around the house when I was growing up.
More than a week ago, strange things been going on inside and outside my home. From seeing orbs to a bunch of birds spotted in my backyard. I saw my dogs playing with the orbs and I even spotted a green orb on my camera.
But the strangest thing happened today. I received an alert from my camera at around 5AM of sound detection. Mind you, my husband and my dogs were sleeping in the bedroom. The music appears to come from the living room. It started off playing a sentence and then paused. After a few seconds, it skipped to another line.
I can't quite make out the words but I do know that it is a Chinese song. If any of you know what the song is, let me know. If not, please repost this so more people can help.