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Myriam -

I recently learnt that “唱念经歌” is a Cantonese phrase to express one's discontent at
listening to a singer who apparently doesn't connect with*/relate to their audience.
Is there a 普通话 equivalent for “唱念经歌” = 不好听的歌，
因为*我/你觉得*歌星不知怎么connect with* their audience, 所以我/你不喜欢?



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studentyoung -



Quote:

I recently learnt that “唱念经歌” is a Cantonese phrase to express one's discontent at
listening to a singer who apparently doesn't connect and/or relate to their audience.

“唱念经歌”? Hmm, I haven’t heard of it. What I often hear in my daily life is
“唱歌唱到好似念口簧” or “唱歌唱到好似喃无念经”. Are these what you’re
talking about?



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Is there a 普通话 equivalent for “唱念经歌” = 不好听的歌，
因为歌星不知怎么connect to their audience, 所以我/你不喜欢?

I don’t know the 普通话 equivalent in such a case, but you can try
“唱歌唱得好像背书一样，一点感情都没有” or
“唱歌唱得没有一点感情”to express the similar idea.

Thanks!










skylee -



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“唱念经歌”

I've never heard such an expression.










Myriam -

It's often light-hearted humour (ie ) as opposed to sarcasm and the like. eg :
我：*lalala, singing along* "我好鍾意聽。。。唱歌，你呢?"
朋友："哦，我覺得唔好聽，我哋話。。。唱念經歌!"
我：*stopping the music* "噉樣啊...，噉我哋聽。。。啦。"










Quest -

Maybe 朋友 was saying “唱歌唱到好似念经噉。” It's not a 成语。










Myriam -

Nevermind then. She said : "我哋話。。。唱念經歌 "
Thanks for your help Quest.










realyunzhi -

"唱歌唱得好似念经咁“

it's common to hear when sb' s singing is unpleasant or less of sentiment。

not ”唱念经歌“！










Myriam -

I used a dictionary to make this :










skylee -

I suppose there is no way to convince the OP that "唱念經歌" is not an idiom / phrase in
Cantonese. Everyone responded (#2, 3, 5, 7) said that there was no such an expression but hey here
comes a recording.

Makes me feel that I've wasted my whole life speaking Cantonese. I should probably have myself
傾沒在海洋裏 ...










Myriam -



Quote:

I suppose there is no way to convince the OP that

You can call me Myriam, I think it's a pretty name for a girl .












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