Lyrics Analysis— 怪美的(guài měi de) Ugly Beauty | Sung by Jolin Tsai(蔡依林)

垂涎的邪惡 陪我長大

Chuíxián de xié’è péi wǒ zhǎng dà

The coveted evil grows up with me

在軟爛中生長 社會營養

zài ruǎn làn zhōng shēngzhǎng shèhuì yíngyǎng

Growing in soft and rotten soils , Social Nutrition

過去坑疤的 讓我站穩了

guòqù kēng bā de ràng wǒ zhàn wěnle

The scars in the past made me stand firm

那些神醜的 評誰亂正的

nàxiē shén chǒu de píng shéi luàn zhèng de

The ugly ironically judges the definition of beauty

喔 我都笑哭了

ō wǒ dū xiào kūle

oh i’m laughing to cry

這什麼標準 

Zhè shénme biāozhǔn

What a such the standard is

急著決定適者生存

jízhuó juédìng shìzhě shēngcún

Hasty to determine survival of the fittest

愛我 恨我 非我

ài wǒ hèn wǒ fēi wǒ

Love me , hate me, criticize me

有一些外在我 

 yǒu yīxiē wài zài wǒ

Some of external myself

來自內在我

 láizì nèizài wǒ

Comes from internal myself

聽誰說 錯的 對的

Tīng shuí shuō cuò de duì de

To Hear who says it is wrong or correct

說 美的 醜的

shuō měide chǒu de

Who says the beautiful or the ugly

若問我 我看我說

ruò wèn wǒ wǒ kàn wǒ shuō

If ask me, I see and I say that

我怪美的

wǒ guài měide

I am the ugly beauty.


Bridge Part

看不見(见)我的美

Kàn bùjiàn wǒ dì měi 

Unable to see my beauty

是你瞎了眼

shì nǐ xiāle yǎn

It is because you are blind

稱讚的嘴臉 卻轉身吐口水

称赞的嘴脸 却转身吐口水

chēngzàn de zuǐliǎn, què zhuǎnshēn tǔkǒu shuǐ

On the surface, It is conveyed that you are proud of me from your face, but you turn back to spit me privately

審美的世界 誰有膽說那麼絕對

审美的世界 谁有胆说那么绝对

shěnměi de shìjiè shéi yǒu dǎn shuō nàme juéduì

In the beauty-orient world, who dares to say it absolutely

真我         假我  自我

Zhēn wǒ, jiǎ wǒ, zì wǒ

Real me, fake me, myself

看今天這個(个)我 想要哪個(个)我

kàn jīntiān zhège wǒ xiǎng yào nǎge wǒ

Depends on myself who wants which myself to be.


聽誰說 錯的 對的

Tīng shuí shuō cuò de duì de

To Hear who says it is wrong or correct

說 美的 醜的

shuō měide chǒu de

Who says the beautiful or the ugly

若問我 我看我說

ruò wèn wǒ wǒ kàn wǒ shuō

If ask me, I see and I say that

我怪美的

wǒ guài měide

I am the ugly beauty.


Rap Part

誰來推我一把 On to the next one

Shéi lái tuī wǒ yī bǎ

Who can help to push me forward,  On to the next one

一路背著太多道德 活著令人會(会)喘

yīlù bèizhe tài duō dàodé, huózhe lìng rén huì chuǎn

We are bearing to many ethics and breathe heavily 

任誰去傷 去想 去講 不相關就別管

任谁去伤 去想 去讲 不相关就别管

Rèn shéi qù shāng qù xiǎng qù jiǎng ,bù xiāngguān jiù biéguǎn

Let whoever to hurt, to think, to speak, do not care whatever irrelevant 

太婉轉的相處 靈魂拉扯 左右為難

太婉转的相处 灵魂拉扯 左右为难

Tài wǎnzhuǎn de xiāngchǔ, línghún lāchě ,zuǒyòu wéinán

Get along in too indirect ways, souls twist from pushing to pulling, caught in a dilemma.

正負能量 全都吃掉

Zhèng fù néngliàng, quándōu chī diào

Positive and negative energy are all eaten.

美的 醜(丑)的 自有它存在的必要

Měide chǒu de zì yǒu tā cúnzài de bìyào

The gorgeous, the ugly, they are needed to exist in rational ways

愛恨隨你各自喜好

Ài hèn suí nǐ gèzì xǐhào

Love, Hate, depends on your taste

拒絕你的偽善擁(拥)抱

Jùjué nǐ de wèishàn yǒngbào

Reject your hugs of hypocrite

想要活得顯耀 回應心中惡之必要

想要活得显耀 回应心中恶之必要

Xiǎng yào huó dé xiǎnyào, huí yìng xīnzhōng è zhī bìyào

Want to live with glory, respond to the must of heart’s evil


聽誰說 錯的 對的

Tīng shuí shuō cuò de duì de

To Hear who says it is wrong or correct

說 美的 醜的

shuō měide chǒu de

Who says the beautiful or the ugly

若問我 我說我呢

Ruò wèn wǒ wǒ shuō wǒ ne

If ask me, I say that I am ~

怪美的

guài měide

the ugly beauty.


Singer Profile

Jolin Tsai (蔡依林) is a Taiwanese singer, and songwriter. Referred to as the “Queen of M-Pop”, she is considered one of the most influential people in Mandarin popular music industry. She is known for continuously experimenting with new musical ideas, continual reinvention and versatility in musical style and visual images throughout her career. She has achieved reputation and popularity and is regarded as a key figure of popularizing dance-pop as mainstream music style in the Mandarin-speaking world. Her works, which convey the reality of the modern society and social issues, have affected positively the society, generating both commercial success and critical acclaim.

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