<p>Google's translation isn't off too much.</p>
<p>却 is an adverb which is used more or less like &quot;yet&quot;, &quot;however&quot; or &quot;and yet&quot; in English. I say &quot;and yet&quot; because I often see it used as a conjunction, in place of 反而.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>这句话那么简单，<strong>却</strong>点燃了我 (= this sentence is so simple, and yet it set me on fire)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>万千 means &quot;a myriad&quot;, also in English used figuratively to elegantly express a large quantity.</p>
<p>感慨 means something like &quot;full of sorrow&quot;. <a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&amp;wdrst=0&amp;wdqb=%E6%84%9F%E6%85%A8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mdgb says</a> &quot;rueful&quot;. <a href="https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E6%84%9F%E6%85%A8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Zdic defines</a> it as 心生感触而发出慨叹. Which essentially is a feeling of such sorrow that you can't withhold sighs and moans. Also, given the proposed synonyms (感叹, 慨叹) it seems it's used in a verbal position. It's seems used like a stative verb.</p>
<p>So if you put it all together:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>我 (I) 却 (however, yet) 为你 (for you) 万千 (myriad) 感慨 (rueful, feeling sorrowful)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>It roughly means the subject's feelings are many and nuanced, but all of them related to sorrow and sadness.</p>
<p>A fluent translation (somewhat poetical) might be something like:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>And yet for you I let out a multitude of sighs</p>
</blockquote>
<p>or, taking 万千 less literarily, so many feelings that the subject is overwhelmed.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>And yet for you I'm overwhelmed by sorrow</p>
</blockquote>

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2020-09-16T07:10:48.220Z
There is no verb in the sentence, isn't there? Is it also correct for oral and written to use sentence without verb in Mandarin?
O Connor
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@OConnor I think 感慨 is the verb, but it's one of those with shifting lexical role. So there's maybe two interpretations. 1. 感慨 is a stative verb (adjective) and 万千 is the intensity adverb, so 万千感慨 is the same construction as 很高。2. 感慨 is a normal intransitive verb.
blackgreen
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blackgreen
<p>It is from a lyrics of 《相思的债》</p>
<p>The complete sentence is</p>
<pre><code>你闯进了我的心里 真情灌溉
我却为你万千感慨 默默等待
</code></pre>
<p>Girl: You rushed into my heart, filled it with water of love. In the meantime, I am emotional a lot for you, waiting quietly.</p>
<p>The 却 shows the comparison that the boy is active while the girl keeps waiting, even though she is emotional.</p>
<p>Lyrics are written in a rather twisted order to make the sound beautiful, but that also make it hard to understand.</p>

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Yes, one of my favorite karaoke songs. Here's the link to hear how those words are pronounced --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH68xMSTX74
Wayne Cheah
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2020-09-25T06:55:36.073Z
So `却` in this context means: In the meantime?
O Connor
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@OConnor It basically means "but". However, the contrast is not 180 degrees. It looks like a comparison between counterparts. So I think, "In the meantime" can be a better translation than "but".
River
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River
<p>I do know the meaning of each word in the following sentence.</p>
<pre><code>我却为你万千感慨 
</code></pre>
<p>But I still cannot understand the meaning of the whole sentence. Google translates it as.</p>
<pre><code>I feel so emotional for you
</code></pre>
<p>I doubt about it. The hard part for me to understand this sentence is because of the present of <code>却</code>.</p>
<p>So what does the above sentence mean?</p>

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2020-09-14T21:05:46.337Z
Consider “却” as “但”, like "但我为你万千感慨 ". Meanwhile, grammatically, “但” is a conjunction word and “却” is an adverb, so they will appear in different places in the sentence
Shaw
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2020-09-19T01:57:28.990Z
Just add a "but" before your translation.
T-Pioneer
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What does this 我却为你万千感慨 mean?
# What does this 我却为你万千感慨 mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-14)

I do know the meaning of each word in the following sentence.
我却为你万千感慨 

But I still cannot understand the meaning of the whole sentence. Google translates it as.
I feel so emotional for you

I doubt about it. The hard part for me to understand this sentence is because of the present of 却.
So what does the above sentence mean?

**Tags:** meaning, meaning-in-context, phrase-meaning

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Consider “却” as “但”, like "但我为你万千感慨 ". Meanwhile, grammatically, “但” is a conjunction word and “却” is an adverb, so they will appear in different places in the sentence  
> **username_2**: Just add a "but" before your translation.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-09-14. Score: 4

Google's translation isn't off too much.

却 is an adverb which is used more or less like "yet", "however" or "and yet" in English. I say "and yet" because I often see it used as a conjunction, in place of 反而.

For example:

> 这句话那么简单，**却**点燃了我 (= this sentence is so simple, and yet it set me on fire)

万千 means "a myriad", also in English used figuratively to elegantly express a large quantity.

感慨 means something like "full of sorrow". [Mdgb says](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E6%84%9F%E6%85%A8) "rueful". [Zdic defines](https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E6%84%9F%E6%85%A8) it as 心生感触而发出慨叹. Which essentially is a feeling of such sorrow that you can't withhold sighs and moans. Also, given the proposed synonyms (感叹, 慨叹) it seems it's used in a verbal position. It's seems used like a stative verb.

So if you put it all together:

> 我 (I) 却 (however, yet) 为你 (for you) 万千 (myriad) 感慨 (rueful, feeling sorrowful)

It roughly means the subject's feelings are many and nuanced, but all of them related to sorrow and sadness.

A fluent translation (somewhat poetical) might be something like:

> And yet for you I let out a multitude of sighs

or, taking 万千 less literarily, so many feelings that the subject is overwhelmed.

> And yet for you I'm overwhelmed by sorrow

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: There is no verb in the sentence, isn't there? Is it also correct for oral and written to use sentence without verb in Mandarin?  
> **username_3**: @OConnor I think 感慨 is the verb, but it's one of those with shifting lexical role. So there's maybe two interpretations. 1. 感慨 is a stative verb (adjective) and 万千 is the intensity adverb, so 万千感慨 is the same construction as 很高。2. 感慨 is a normal intransitive verb.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-09-19. Score: 3

It is from a lyrics of 《相思的债》
The complete sentence is
你闯进了我的心里 真情灌溉
我却为你万千感慨 默默等待

Girl: You rushed into my heart, filled it with water of love. In the meantime, I am emotional a lot for you, waiting quietly.
The 却 shows the comparison that the boy is active while the girl keeps waiting, even though she is emotional.
Lyrics are written in a rather twisted order to make the sound beautiful, but that also make it hard to understand.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: Yes, one of my favorite karaoke songs. Here's the link to hear how those words are pronounced --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH68xMSTX74  
> **username_0**: So `却` in this context means: In the meantime?  
> **username_4**: @OConnor It basically means "but". However, the contrast is not 180 degrees. It looks like a comparison between counterparts. So I think, "In the meantime" can be a better translation than "but".  

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