shuō le nǐ yòu bù tīng,tīng le nǐ yòu bù dǒng,
说了你又不听，听了你又不懂，
I told you, but you didn’t listen.You listened, but you didn’t understand,
dǒng le nǐ yòu bù zuò,zuò le nǐ yòu zuò cuò,
懂了你又不做，做了你又做错，
You understood, but you didn’t do it.You did it, but you did it wrong,
cuò le nǐ yòu bù rèn,rèn le nǐ yòu bù gǎi,
错了你又不认，认了你又不改，
You made a mistake, but you didn’t admit it.You admitted it, but you didn’t change,
gǎi le nǐ yòu bù fú,nà nǐ yào wǒ zěn yàng?
改了你又不服，那你要我怎样？
You changed, but you weren’t convinced.So what do you want me to do?!
Suǒyǐ shuō, rén yǔ rén de gōutōng, yǒu shíhòu méiyǒu yòng.
所以说，人与人的沟通，有时候没有用。
So, you see, communication between people is sometimes… useless.
People use it online to tease friends, coworkers, or even kids when they keep repeating the same mistake.
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