Friday, June 29, 2018

Ways of Saying the Same Thing in Mandarin



English: If you do not leave me, we will die together

直译: 如果你不离开我,我们会死在一起。(二级水平)

你如果不离开我,我就和你同归于尽。 (四级水平)

你若不离不弃,我必生死相依。 (六级水平)

问世间情为何物?直教人生死相许。(八级水平)

天地合,乃敢与君绝。(专家水平)

你在或不在,爱就在那里,不增不减。(活佛水平)


Partial translation from my friend Renee:

Level 4: "if you do not leave me, I will make you perish with me".
Level "6: If you do not leave me, I will follow/be with you forever, whether it be in life or in death"
Level 8: "What is love ? It teaches one to never forsake another in life or in death"
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