French – The Lunar Treehouse

Je suis malade – 思念成疾

October 7, 2022November 3, 2022

我不再做梦也不再抽烟成了一个没有故事的人没有你的我是何其龌龊丑陋像被遗忘的孤儿我已生无可恋生命结束于你离去的那一天终日行尸走肉就连床也化作了月台在你远走之后思念成疾已经无药可医如儿时夜里母亲离去留下我一人与绝望相依思念成疾如今已回天无力不知你何时归来更不知你往何处去已经过去两年你依然毫不在意我纠缠着你如倔强的岩石如难以摆脱的罪恶*如今已精疲力尽不愿在人前故作开心我夜夜买醉可所有的威士忌喝在嘴里都是一个味而所有的船只都挂着你的旗帜我已无处可去目及所处皆是你思念成疾已经无药可医我以热血浇灌你的身体如死去的小鸟一般悄然无息你却若无其事地沉沉睡去思念成疾如今已回天无力你夺走了我所有的歌曲还要掏空我所有的话语在深陷你之前我也曾一度才华洋溢再这样下去这份爱将要了我的命我将独自一人死去在收音机旁像个无知的孩子听着自己的声音吟唱 “思念成疾已经无药可医如儿时夜里母亲离去留下我一人与绝望相依…” 思念成疾啊是的，我已病入膏肓因为你我无法再歌唱因为你我无法再说话我的心已病入膏肓四面楚歌无处可逃你听到了吗？我已病入膏肓 Original Je ne rêve plusJe ne fume plusJe n’ai même plus d’histoireJe suis sale sans toiJe suis laide sans toiComme une orpheline dans un dortoirJe n’ai plus envieDe vivre ma vieMa vie cesse quand tu parsJe n’ai plus de vieEt même mon litSe […]

Souvenirs de Dongzhi

January 29, 2022March 21, 2022

Il ne reste qu’un mois avant le Dongzhi. C’est peut-être à cause du temps, mais récemment je suis devenue de plus en plus mélancolique, et sujette à des accès de sentimentalité. Penser au Dongzhi en particulier me rappelle des souvenirs d’enfance – la préparation des tang yuan (des petites boulettes de riz gluant) avec mon […]

Traduire ou ne pas traduire: telle est la question

November 15, 2021November 18, 2021

(This was something I wrote a few weeks ago, when I was trying to practice writing in French. My language exchange partner, Julie, who helped proofread this❤️, suggested that I upload it here, and I figured, why not? ) Il y a un peu plus d’un mois que je traduis une nouvelle chinoise en anglais, […]

6 Ways to Spice Up Your Studying Routine as an Intermediate Learner

September 18, 2021January 29, 2022

We’ve all heard of the Intermediate Plateau. That stage in language learning where you’ve mastered enough grammar and everyday vocabulary that textbooks alone are no longer enough to keep you engaged, yet you feel like you’re never making enough progress. You understand so much more than you used to, but at the same time, there’s […]

How I’ve Been Studying French

September 13, 2020December 12, 2020

I started learning French in January 2019. Taking into account of the 3-month hiatus I took later that year, as of today, 13 September 2020, I’ve been studying French for about 1 year and 6 months.

This post outlines the major milestones of my journey so far, as well as the resources I’ve been using. I’m documenting all this mostly for my own sake – in case I need to revisit all this information some day – but also to provide some ideas for other aspiring francophones out there.

Studying with Netflix

March 22, 2020January 20, 2021

For the past few weeks, I’ve been practicing my French listening skills with a French series on Netflix called Plan Cœur. I do this via an exercise where I listen to the same clip repeatedly – the same method I used with Korean and English. It is still to this day one of my favourite ways to improve listening skills, so I thought I’ll do a quick breakdown of the process and share it with you guys!