Pure Love 单纯的爱恋 | Learn Chinese with Yoyo Mo

中国有一个词叫“早恋”

Zhōngguó yǒu yīgè cí jiào “zǎoliàn”

There is a term in China called "early love"

也就是在上大学之前恋爱吧

Yějiù shì zài shàng dàxué zhīqián liàn'ài ba

That is, being in a romantic relationship before entering university

我觉得这不应该叫早恋

Wǒ juédé zhè bù yīnggāi jiào zǎoliàn

I don't think this should be called "early love"

中学生十几岁

Zhōngxuéshēng shíjǐ suì

Middle school students are in their teens

正是恋爱的青春年华

Zhèng shì liàn'ài de qīngchūn niánhuá

This is exactly the youthful age for love

我第一次暗恋一个人

Wǒ dì yī cì ànliàn yīgè rén

The first time I had a secret crush on someone

就是在小学六年级

Jiù shì zài xiǎoxué liù niánjí

Was in the sixth grade of primary school

也因为这份暗恋

Yě yīnwèi zhè fèn ànliàn

And it was also because of this secret crush

开始了我写日记的习惯

Kāishǐ le wǒ xiě rìjì de xíguàn

That I started the habit of keeping a diary

喜欢一个人往往没有特别的原因

Xǐhuān yīgè rén wǎngwǎng méiyǒu tèbié de yuányīn

Liking someone often doesn't have a specific reason

也许只是因为对方多看了你一眼

Yěxǔ zhǐ shì yīnwèi duìfāng duō kàn le nǐ yī yǎn

Maybe it's just because the other person glanced at you one more time

每一次在学校里碰见他

Měi yī cì zài xuéxiào lǐ pèngjiàn tā

Every time I met him at school

他跟我打招呼

Tā gēn wǒ dǎ zhāohu

He greeted me

我都害羞走过

Wǒ dōu hàixiū zǒuguò

I would walk past shyly

还要装作很平静

Hái yào zhuāngzuò hěn píngjìng

And pretend to be very calm

其实又很想和他说话

Qíshí yòu hěn xiǎng hé tā shuōhuà

But in fact, I really wanted to talk to him

现在回想起那时候那个小小的我

Xiànzài huíxiǎng qǐ nà shíhou nàge xiǎoxiǎo de wǒ

Now when I look back on the little me back then

就像一个漫画故事一样

Jiù xiàng yīgè mànhuà gùshi yīyàng

It's like a comic story

后来，小学毕业

Hòulái, xiǎoxué bìyè

Later, after graduating from primary school

也就再也没见到他

Yějiù zài yě méi jiàndào tā

I never saw him again

听说他是一个花花公子

Tīngshuō tā shì yīgè huāhuā gōngzǐ

I heard he was a playboy

哈哈哈，小学生里的花花公子

Hāhāhā, xiǎoxuéshēng lǐ de huāhuā gōngzǐ

Hahaha, a playboy among primary school students

前段时间

Qiánduàn shíjiān

A while ago

我们小学同一年级的同学

Wǒmen xiǎoxué tóng yī niánjí de tóngxué

The classmates from my same grade in primary school

建了一个群

Jiàn le yīgè qún

Set up a group chat

有个别人相约见面了

Yǒu gèbiérén xiāngyuē jiànmiàn le

Some of them made an appointment to meet

他们发了照片在群里

Tāmen fā le zhàopiàn zài qún lǐ

They posted photos in the group

我赫然看到了他的样子

Wǒ hèrán kàndào le tā de yàngzi

I suddenly caught sight of him

他和多数人一样

Tā hé duōshù rén yīyàng

Like most people

已经发福了

Yǐjīng fāfú le

He has already put on weight

发福是指人到中年的时候变胖

Fāfú shì zhǐ rén dào zhōngnián de shíhou biàn pàng

"Fāfú" means that a person becomes fat when they reach middle age

但是我仍然认得他的面容

Dànshì wǒ réngrán rènde tā de miànróng

But I can still recognize his face

那单纯的爱恋

Nà dānchún de àiliàn

That pure love

就让它留在回忆中吧

Jiù ràng tā liú zài huíyì zhōng ba

Let's just let it stay in the memories