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何谓人
What Defines Humanity

Also known as: What is considered human?
Singer: 徐正溪 (Jeremy Tsui)

Character: Ghost Peony
Lyrics:昭昭
Music:曾滋麟
Drama Name: 水龙吟 Whispers of Fate

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何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

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理智与渴求纠缠着共存
lǐ zhì yǔ kě qiú jiū chán zhe gòng cún

Logic and desire are entangled, coexisting together

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何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

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善恶同尘 是非写成人伦
shà nè tóng chén shì fēi xiě chéng rén lún

Good and evil along with dust, right and wrong are written as moral principles

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何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

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阴晴或圆缺爱恨本一身
yīn qíng huò yuá nquē ài hèn běn yì shēn

Whether sunny and cloudy, or waxing and waning, love and hate are parts of the same body

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何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

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是笑与恨 是爱或嗔 我们
shì xiào yǔ hèn shì ài huò chēn wo men

It is laughter and hatred. It is love or anger. Us.

Is it laughter and/or/with hatred? Is it love or anger? Us?

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无有知觉 麻木残缺
wú yǒu zhī jué má mù can quē

Without feeling; numb and impaired

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冰冷躯壳 空洞灵魂
bīng lěng qū qiào kōng dòng líng hún

An icy cold shell of a body, a hollow soul

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哀怨喜乐 悉心篆刻
āi yuàn xǐ lè xī xīn zhuàn kè

Sorrow, resentment, joy, and happiness; carefully selected and carved

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如何琢磨 迷茫思索
rú hé zuó mo mí máng sī suǒ

How to refine and polish?  Feeling perplexed while we ponder and search

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散落的假面
sàn luò de jiǎ miàn

The fake masks that fell and scattered

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错乱情绪让你疯癫
cuò luàn qíng xù ràng nǐ fēng diān

Wrong and disorderly emotions driving you to madness

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被雕琢的脸
bèi diāo zhuó de liǎn

A face that had been chiseled

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眼神迷惘 辗转难解
yǎn shén mí wǎng zhǎn zhuǎn nán jiě

A gaze perplexed; complicated and difficult to explain/untangle

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雾里的火 迷蒙着 在烧灼
wù lǐ de huǒ mí méng zhe zài shāo zhuó

The fire in the fog hazily ignited again

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惝然目眩
chǎng rán mù xuàn

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何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

​

理智与渴求纠缠着共存
lǐ zhì yǔ kě qiú jiū chán zhe gòng cún

Logic and desire are entangled, coexisting together

​

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

​

善恶同尘 是非写成人伦
shà nè tóng chén shì fēi xiě chéng rén lún

Good and evil along with dust, right and wrong are written as moral principles

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何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

​

阴晴或圆缺爱恨本一身
yīn qíng huò yuá nquē ài hèn běn yì shēn

Whether sunny and cloudy, or waxing and waning, love and hate are part of the same body

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何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

​

是笑与恨 是爱或嗔 我们
shì xiào yǔ hèn shì ài huò chēn wo men

It is laughter and hatred. It is love or anger. Us.

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跳动的尾尖
tiào dòng de wěi jiān

The beating/[leaping and animated] tip of the tail

OMG.  Is he talking about his cat??!

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轻柔悠闲 让你惦念
qīng róu yōu xián ràng nǐ diàn niàn

Gentle and leisurely, allowing you to think of/miss 

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禁锢着意念
jìn gù zhe yì niàn

Taking prisoner of your [free] will

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残魂半片 妄念乍现
cán hún bàn piàn wàng niàn zhà xiàn

Half a fragment of a wretched soul, delusions suddenly appear

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徘徊执着 想挣脱 撬了锁
pái huái zhí zhuó xiǎng zhèng tuō qiào le suǒ

Lingering and stubbornly obsessed, wanting to break free, prying open the lock

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闯入人间
chuǎng rù rén jiān

Barging into the human world

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何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

​

理智与渴求纠缠着共存
lǐ zhì yǔ kě qiú jiū chán zhe gòng cún

Logic and desire are entangled, coexisting together

​

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

​

善恶同尘 是非写成人伦
shà nè tóng chén shì fēi xiě chéng rén lún

Good and evil along with dust, right and wrong are written as moral principles

​

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

​

阴晴或圆缺爱恨本一身
yīn qíng huò yuá nquē ài hèn běn yì shēn

Whether sunny and cloudy or waxing and waning, love and hate are part of the same body

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何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

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是笑与恨 是爱或嗔 我们
shì xiào yǔ hèn shì ài huò chēn wo men

It is laughter and hatred. It is love or anger. Us.

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