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zuò qǔ : tiào |
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zuò cí : wú |
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I' ll miss you, |
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wǒ huì xiǎng niàn nǐ, |
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I' ll miss our walks, |
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xiǎng niàn wǒ men yì qǐ sàn bù, |
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trying to pretend we are in perfect step. |
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shì zhe jiǎ zhuāng wǒ men de jiǎo bù hé pāi. |
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Out of step now, |
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ér xiàn zài jié zòu luàn le, |
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sick on the floor, |
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tuí fèi zài dì bǎn shàng, |
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out of the room, |
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zǒu chū fáng jiān, |
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fenced in, trapped. |
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què bèi zhà lán lán zhù. |
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I can still hear the schoolchildren play outside at their usual 10: 30. |
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wǒ réng néng tīng jiàn shí diǎn bàn xué xiào de hái zi men zài wài wán shuǎ de xiào shēng. |
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It always used to annoy me, as I was trying to sleep, but it doesn' t now. |
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zhè céng jīng lìng wǒ nǎo huǒ, yīn wèi zhè shì wǒ shuì jiào de shí hòu, kě xiàn zài què bù liǎo. |
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It seems alright. |
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zhè shēng yīn tīng qǐ lái fǎn dào bù cuò. |
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A replacement, a continuation. |
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xiàng yī zhǒng tì dài, yī zhǒng yán xù. |
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Their sound jangles around the room, |
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xiào shēng zài wū zhōng huí xiǎng, |
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it sounds so different from where I' ve been. |
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yǔ gāng cái de shēng yīn jiǎn zhí tiān rǎng zhī bié. |
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A party, alone. |
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nà shi zài pài duì shàng, kě wǒ gǎn dào gū dú. |
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Packed in with others, but never feeling so alone. |
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sì zhōu jǐ mǎn le rén, kě wǒ cóng wèi gǎn dào rú cǐ gū dú. |
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People dance too close. |
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rén men tiào wǔ shí lí dé zhēn jìn. |
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She was there, I had only gone because I hoped she would be. |
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tā yǐ qián zài nà li chū xiàn guò, wǒ dé zǒu le, yīn wèi wǒ xī wàng tā xiàn zài yě zài nà li. |
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I had arrived early, as the the streetlights were coming on, |
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jiē shàng de dēng gāng liàng, wǒ jiù zǎo zǎo dì lái le, |
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so I took a long walk around the block, |
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yīn cǐ wǒ sì chù duó le hǎo zhǎng shí jiān, |
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taking a few extra lefts and rights, |
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xiàng běi zǒu guò jǐ tiáo lù, |
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taking a few extra lefts and rights, |
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xiàng xī zǒu guò jǐ tiáo jiē, |
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past the Chicken Cottage and the Costcutter, |
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lù guò kuài cān diàn hái yǒu chāo shì, |
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then along a crescent that arced me out of my way, |
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yán zhe xīn yuè de yàng zi wǒ zǒu chū yī tiáo hú xiàn, |
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past a group of figures huddled under the entrance to the flats, |
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lù guò yī qún jǐ zài gōng yù mén kǒu de huǒ jì, |
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shielding the flicking lighter from the wind. |
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yǎn gài le jǐ lǚ fēng chuī lái de dēng guāng. |