中文挑战

Crap, I couldn't get a single question on the first listen.

EDIT: Now I've listened to it at least five times, and I've only answered two. The second version of the song is a little easier to understand, but not by much. I actually can understand a decent amount of this song, but the questions almost all refer to the parts that I can't.

EDIT 2: Interestingly, I can figure out exactly where the Bodhi Tree part is supposed to be, but I still can't make out the syllables clearly enough to get it!

This is the best I can do without looking up the lyrics.

4. Holding her hands in supplication, she ... (6) 默默乞求上苍

5. What does she hope that he stops doing? (5) 流转的目光

Really curious to see if anyone can answer all the questions.

When you say looking up the lyrics, do you mean using the out of order characters I provided or looking up the actual lyrics of the song? I am pretty sure this one is doable (at least 1-9) by just using the out of order characters. I guess it's tedious but you'd have to probably sound them out and do elimination of characters. I specifically tried to make this challenging but doable. I didn't want to repeat the wonton challenge.

You got two right so far so keep going!

These are my answers after looking up the lyrics online:

1. In the second verse, what is she not begging for? (4) 荡气回肠

2. What's drifting in the sea of bitterness? (5) 旧时的模样

3. Why does she "cut a piece of candle light?" (5) 将经纶点亮

4. Holding her hands in supplication, she ... (6) 默默乞求上苍

5. What does she hope that he stops doing? (5) 流转的目光

6. What does she hope to do under the Bodhi [Tree]? (5) 静静的观想

7. In the first verse, what is she not begging for? (4) 地久天长

8. What happens before she quietly sings? (7) 累了醉倒温柔乡

9. What does she devote to provide for him? (4) 一生一世

10. Turning back, she realizes ... that he's already dead!

It wasn't that challenging once I had the lyrics in front of me, but without them there was no way I would've gotten it.

While I couldn't answer most of the questions, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the song.

So much so that I started watching 宫锁心玉

Thanks for trying it out and I'm glad this 挑战 sparked your interest in watching a TV series. That's pretty cool. I've heard of 宫锁心玉 but haven't had the chance to watch it yet. I actually found the 新版 of this song on sogou and didn't realize it was the theme song for that show until I searched for the video. I might check it out later myself.

I gave it a bunch of listens, but never could get my bearings. A few notches above my listening game at the moment. It's a pretty song.

Hey Geaves and all those who tried this. I had a discussion with feihong about the difficulty and realized I could have designed this challenge a bit better. So don't worry because I couldn't have done it as well. I've got another one coming up that (I promise) will fix this problem. So hang on tight.