Mandarin new song 没有什么不同 Mei you shen me bu tong No difference 曲婉婷 Qu Wan Ting: lyrics, pinyin, English translation, Shel Silverstein classic poems No Difference and Colors, quotes about making differences. Wanting English song Everything In The World

If you are down, listen to this upbeat and constructive song and cheer up!

没有什么不同
Mei you shen me bu tong
No difference

曲婉婷
Qu Wan Ting
Wanting Qu

又是你的面孔 带给我是笑容
yòu shì nǐ de miànkǒng, dài gěi Wǒ shì xiàoróng
Once again it was your face that brought me smiles

在我哭泣的时候
zài Wǒ kūqì de shíhou
When I was crying

又是你的问候 带给我是感动
yòu shì nǐ de wènhòu dài gěi Wǒ shì gǎndòng
Once again, it was your greeting that touched me (emotionally)

在我孤寂的时候
zài Wǒ gū jì de shíhou
When I was desolate

虽然没有天生一样的
suīrán méiyǒu tiānshēng yīyàng de
Although there is no innate sameness

但在地球上我们是一样的
dàn zài dìqiúshàng wǒmen shì yīyàng de
However, on Earth we are the same

尽管痛的苦的没说的
jǐnguǎn tòng de kǔ de méishuōde
In spite of pains, bitterness and those we did not mention

但哪有一路走来都是顺风的
dàn nǎyǒu yīlùzǒulái dōu shì shùnfēng de
However, can there be Bon voyages all the times along the way?

因为我们没有什么不同
yīnwèi wǒmen méiyǒu shénme bùtóng
For we have no difference

天黑时我们仰望同一片星空
tiān hēi shí wǒmen yǎngwàngtóngyī piàn xīngkōng
When sky is dark, we look up to the same starry sky

没有追求和付出哪来的成功
méiyǒu zhuīqiú hé fùchū nǎ lái de chénggōng
Will there be success without pursuing and investing?

谁说我们一定要走别人的路
shéi shuō wǒmen yīdìng yào zǒu biérén de lù
Who says that we must walk on the same road as others?

谁说辉煌背后没有痛苦
shéi shuō huīhuáng bèihòu méiyǒu tòngkǔ
Who says there are no pains behind splendor?

只要为了梦想不服输
zhǐyào wéile mèngxiǎng bùfú shū
As long as it is for the dream, then we won’t admit defeat (give up)

再苦也不停止脚步
zài kǔ yě bùtíng zhǐ jiǎobù
No matter how hard it will be, we won’t stop our footsteps

又是你的面孔 带给我是笑容
yòu shì nǐ de miànkǒng, dài gěi Wǒ shì xiàoróng
Once again it was your face that brought me smiles

在我哭泣的时候
zài Wǒ kūqì de shíhou
When I was crying

又是你的问候 带给我是感动
yòu shì nǐ de wènhòu dài gěi Wǒ shì gǎndòng
Once again, it was your greeting that touched me (emotionally)

在我孤寂的时候
zài Wǒ gū jì de shíhou
When I was desolate

虽然没有天生一样的
suīrán méiyǒu tiānshēng yīyàng de
Although there is no innate sameness

但在地球上我们是一样的
dàn zài dìqiúshàng wǒmen shì yīyàng de
However, on Earth we are the same

尽管痛的苦的没说的
jǐnguǎn tòng de kǔ de méishuōde
In spite of pains, bitterness and those we did not mention

但哪有一路走来都是顺风的
dàn nǎyǒu yīlùzǒulái dōu shì shùnfēng de
However, can there be Bon voyages all the times along the way?

因为我们没有什么不同
yīnwèi wǒmen méiyǒu shénme bùtóng
For we have no difference

天黑时我们仰望同一片星空
tiān hēi shí wǒmen yǎngwàngtóngyī piàn xīngkōng
When sky is dark, we look up to the same starry sky

没有追求和付出哪来的成功
méiyǒu zhuīqiú hé fùchū nǎ lái de chénggōng
Will there be success without pursuing and investing?

谁说我们一定要走别人的路
shéi shuō wǒmen yīdìng yào zǒu biérén de lù
Who says that we must walk on the same road as others?

谁说辉煌背后没有痛苦
shéi shuō huīhuáng bèihòu méiyǒu tòngkǔ
Who says there are no pains behind splendor?

只要为了梦想不服输
zhǐyào wéile mèngxiǎng bùfú shū
As long as it is for the dream, then we won’t admit defeat (give up)

再苦也不停止脚步
zài kǔ yě bùtíng zhǐ jiǎobù
No matter how hard it will be, we won’t stop our footsteps

每一天 每一年 都可以是新的起跑线
měi yī tiān měiyī nián dōu kěyǐ shì xīn de qǐpǎoxiàn
Every day, every year, can all be a new starting line

也可以是终点 看你怎么选
yě kěyǐ shì zhōngdiǎn kàn nǐ zěnme xuǎn
It also can be a finish line, depend on how you will choose

望着无边无际遥远的地平线
wàngzhe wúbiān wú jì yáoyuǎn de dìpíngxiàn
Gazing at the immense boundaryless distant horizon

哪里会是你的极限
nǎlǐ huì shì nǐ de jíxiàn
Where is your limit?

我们没有什么不同
wǒmen méiyǒu shénme bùtóng
We have no difference

天黑时我们仰望同一片星空
tiān hēi shí wǒmen yǎngwàngtóngyī piàn xīngkōng
When sky is dark, we look up to the same starry sky

没有追求和付出哪来的成功
méiyǒu zhuīqiú hé fùchū nǎ lái de chénggōng
Will there be success without pursuing and investing?

我们没有什么不同
wǒmen méiyǒu shénme bùtóng
We have no difference

天黑时我们仰望同一片星空
tiān hēi shí wǒmen yǎngwàngtóngyī piàn xīngkōng
When sky is dark, we look up to the same starry sky

没有追求和付出哪来的成功
méiyǒu zhuīqiú hé fùchū nǎ lái de chénggōng
Will there be success without pursuing and investing?

谁说我们一定要走别人的路
shéi shuō wǒmen yīdìng yào zǒu biérén de lù
Who says that we must walk on the same road as others?

谁说辉煌背后没有痛苦
shéi shuō huīhuáng bèihòu méiyǒu tòngkǔ
Who says there is no pains behind splendor?

只要为了梦想不服输
zhǐyào wéile mèngxiǎng bùfú shū
As long as it is for the dream, then we won’t admit defeat (give up)

再苦也不停止脚步
zài kǔ yě bùtíng zhǐ jiǎobù
No matter how hard it will be, we won’t stop our footsteps

我们没有什么不同
wǒmen méiyǒu shénme bùtóng
We have no difference

天黑时我们仰望同一片星空
tiān hēi shí wǒmen yǎngwàngtóngyī piàn xīngkōng
When sky is dark, we look up to the same starry sky

没有追求和付出哪来的成功
méiyǒu zhuīqiú hé fùchū nǎ lái de chénggōng
Will there be success without pursuing and investing?

谁说我们一定要走别人的路
shéi shuō wǒmen yīdìng yào zǒu biérén de lù
Who says that we must walk on the same road as others?

谁说辉煌背后没有痛苦
shéi shuō huīhuáng bèihòu méiyǒu tòngkǔ
Who says there are no pains behind splendor?

只要为了梦想不服输
zhǐyào wéile mèngxiǎng bùfú shū
As long as it is for the dream, then we won’t admit defeat (give up)

再苦也不停止脚步
zài kǔ yě bùtíng zhǐ jiǎobù
No matter how hard it will be, we won’t stop our footsteps

我们没有什么不同
wǒmen méiyǒu shénme bùtóng
We have no difference

天黑时我们仰望同一片星空
tiān hēi shí wǒmen yǎngwàngtóngyī piàn xīngkōng
When sky is dark, we look up to the same starry sky

没有追求和付出哪来的成功
méiyǒu zhuīqiú hé fùchū nǎ lái de chénggōng
Will there be success without pursuing and investing?

谁说我们一定要走别人的路
shéi shuō wǒmen yīdìng yào zǒu biérén de lù
Who says that we must walk on the same road as others?

谁说辉煌背后没有痛苦
shéi shuō huīhuáng bèihòu méiyǒu tòngkǔ
Who says there are no pains behind splendor?

Translated by Shu

Shel Silverstein’s poems “No Difference” and “Colors” convey a message of interracial harmony.

No difference / Shel Silverstein

Small as a peanut
Big as a giant,
We’re all the same size
When we turn off the light.
Red black or orange,
Yellow or white
We all look the same
When we turn off the light.
So maybe the way
To make everything right
Is for God to just reach out
And turn off the light!

Colors / Shel Silverstein
My skin is kind of sort of brownish
Pinkish yellowish white.
My eyes are grayish blueish green,
But I’m told they look orange in the night.
My hair is reddish blondish brown,
But it’s silver when it’s wet.
And all the colors I am inside
Have not been invented yet.

Quotes about Helping and Making a Difference

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love. ~Mother Teresa

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

The purpose of life is not to be happy – but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all. ~Leo Rosten

Live simply that others might simply live. ~Elizabeth Ann Seton

We can do no great things, only small things with great love. ~Mother Teresa

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. ~Dr. Seuss

It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much. ~Norman Lear

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. ~Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojarhiu)

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale

These quotes come from http://www.quotegarden.com/helping.html

Wanting(曲婉婷)《Everything In The World》

Wanting(曲婉婷)《Everything In The World》
曲Composer:曲婉婷
詞Lyricist:曲婉婷

How many times you asked yourself before
What’s the point
wasting time
But how many times you stand up for yourself
Make a point
you have a reason
You know
it’s not fair
Your life
belongs to nobody else
So don’t tell me there is nobody you want to hold
You know you messed up but nobody can live alone
So don’t tell me there is nothing left in this world
Just open your eyes
you got everything in the world
How many times you want to give up yourself
Once again
there’s no point
But how many times you kept on moving on
Once again
you have a reason
You know
it’s not fair
Your life
belongs to nobody else

So don’t tell me there is nobody you want to hold
You know you messed up but nobody can live alone
So don’t tell me there is nothing left in this world
Just open your eyes
you got everything in the world
Does it make you wonder?
Is it karma or is it fate
Is it you
or is it me
Oh does it really make you falter
Does it make you want to believe?
It is true
you’re like nobody else
So don’t tell me there is nobody you want to hold
You know you messed up but nobody can live alone
So don’t tell me there is nothing left in this world
Just open your eyes
you got everything in the world
Just open your eyes
you got everything in the world
I open my eyes and have you in my world.

Isn’t Qu Wanting a great talented singer, lyricist and composer too?

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Learn Mandarin Chinese – How to say – Due to carelessness, I got a car accident. The owner of the car I damaged is going to get an estimate for the repair cost. My car insurance fee is going to increase, too bad. Chinese idiom and proverb, zai jie nan tao, da nan bu si bi you hou fu


Learn Mandarin Chinese – How to say – Due to carelessness, I got a car accident. The owner of the car I damaged is going to get an estimate for the repair cost. My car insurance fee is going to increase, too bad.
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由於不小心,我出了一场車禍。被我損壞的車的主人,将去估計车子的修理費用。我的汽車保險費用將会增加,太糟糕了。
yóuyú bù xiǎoxīn , wǒ chū le yì chǎng chēhuò . bèi wǒ sǔnhuài de chē de zhǔrén, jiāng qù gūjì chēzi de xiūlǐ fèiyòng . Wǒ de qìchē bǎoxiǎn fèiyòng jiāng huì zēngjiā , tài zāogāo le .

yóuyú (由於 preposition, due to, as a result of) bù (不 negate word, not) xiǎoxīn (小心 careful) , wǒ (我 pronoun, I) chū (出 verb, happen) le ( 了 particle to show action occurred) yì (一 number, 1) chǎng (场 measure word for car accident) chēhuò (車禍 noun, car accident). bèi (被 passive voice marker, equivalent to “by” in English) wǒ (我 pronoun, I or me) sǔnhuài (損壞 verb, destroy) de ( 的 connecting particle between attributive and then noun it modifies) chē ( 車 noun, car) de ( 的 connecting particle) zhǔrén ( 主人noun, owner), jiāng ( 将 will) qù (去 verb, go) gūjì ( 估計 verb, estimate) chēzi ( 车子 noun, car, zi is a habitual suffix with no meaning itself) de ( 的 connecting particle) xiūlǐ (修理 verb, fix) fèiyòng ( 費用noun, fee) . Wǒde (我的 possessive pronoun, my) qìchē (汽车 noun, car) bǎoxiǎn (保险 noun, insurance) fèiyòng (费用 noun, fee) jiānghuì (將会 will) zēngjiā (增加 verb, increase), tài (太 adverb, very) zāogāo (糟糕adjective, terrible) le (了 sentence final particle, also show emphasis).

Car accidents are never good. Please drive carefully with caution. It is pretty bad to pay a high fee due to self’s carelessness. I had an accident last week, and now I am waiting for the estimate to come. I think it would be good to offer some Mandarin terms about car accidents. I hope you will never need to use them, and always be very attentive when you are driving. You might wondering why I got into that accident. It was my own carelessness and also, I was listening to a song too loud in my car …. Good thing from it is that, I am more cautious now on driving, no matter it is about backing the car from parking lot or taking a turn at intersections.

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When your car hit other car, the first thing you want to say might be:

糟糕,我撞车了。
zāogāo , Wǒ zhuàngchē le .
How terrible! I hit a car.

糟糕 zāogāo means in a terrible mess or how terrible. 糟 zāo means bad, 糕 gāo means cakes. I usually told my students that in order to understand the phrase, pretend that you were baking a cake in the oven, then after five hours you suddenly remember the cake. Then you should know, what a bad mess it was!

For the usage of 糟 zāo, if you want to say my spoken Chinese is pretty bad, then you can say:

我的中文说得很糟。
Wǒ de Zhōngwén shuōděihěn zāo
or
我的中文说得很糟糕。
Wǒ de Zhōngwén shuōděihěn zāogāo .

When you got out of car, if that was your fault of the car accident, then you might have to say:

对不起,我不小心撞到你的车了。
Duìbuqǐ , Wǒ bùxiǎoxīn zhuàngdào nǐ de chē le .
Sorry, I accidentally hit your car.

If you are a victim, and you feel pretty upset about your new car got damaged, then you might shout out:

你是怎么开车的!把我的车撞成这样子,我要你的汽车保险资料还有你的电话号码。你要赔偿我的损失。
nǐ shì zěnme kāichē de ! bǎ Wǒ de chē zhuàng chéng zhè yàngzi , Wǒ yào nǐ de qìchē bǎoxiǎn zīliào hái yǒu nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ . nǐ yào péicháng Wǒ de sǔnshī .
How could you drive like this! You hit and damaged my car like this. I want your auto insurance information and your phone number. You have to pay compensation for my loss.

If you are the hitter, then I know you would feel pretty upset and sad about what happened. It is pretty hard to talk yourself out of something that you are the one who did wrong. However, think from the silver lining of it: At least you are still alive and things would have been even worse…

In Chinese, we have an idiom called

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在劫难逃 zài jiénántáo There is no escape from fate.

命里注定要遭受的灾难是无法逃脱的。有时也用来指某种灾害不可避免。
mìng lǐ zhùdìng yào zāoshòu de zāinàn shì wúfǎ táotuō de . yǒushí yě yònglái zhǐ mǒuzhǒng zāihài bùkěbìmiǎn .
In life, certain disasters are inevitably destined to happen and make people suffer. It is also sometimes used to refer to some kind of disaster is inevitable.

For example, your friend got laid off and also got a bad car accident and lost one leg. Then you can comment on what happened to her:

她被开除又发生车祸,被锯掉了一条腿,真是在劫难逃啊!
tā bèi kāichú yòu fāshēng chēhuò , bèi jū diàoleyī tiáo tuǐ , zhēnshì zài jiénántáo ā !
She got laid off and also had a car accident. One of her legs got amputated. She is really doomed, ah!

However, try to be positive even your life is in a very very bad shape now. We also, have a Mandarin proverb which goes:

大难不死 必有后福。
dà nán bù sǐ bì yǒu hòu fú
Literally it means: (If one suffered) big disaster and did not die, (then he or she) must have fortune coming after (the disaster).

So, its English translation can mean:

Fortune is always waiting for the person who survives the disaster.
or
There is always fortune after surviving big disasters.

Even you are in the worst scenario of life events, remember this quote from Paolo Coelho, a Brazilian writer:

“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay then it’s not the end.”

Let’s listen a great sad song by JJ Lin — she says. I like this song, and I even used his ending monologue as my students’ listening comprehension drill.

For English translation, see http://www.chinesetolearn.com/?p=4108

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