<p>"豪華名貴" roughly is luxury &amp; precious goods &amp; lifestyles</p>

<p>the theme of the song is a poor male like / love a rich female. so, there's the lyric "而能力上永遠付不起" (can't never pay); which accord with the song title.</p>

<p>"愛不起" is caused by "付不起" :(</p>

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So 而能力上永遠付不起 would be "and I can never pay you back with [my] abilities" (or maybe 能力 -> richness)? And 豪华名贵 would be "rich and full of luxury (as you are)" referring to the girl, right?
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能力 --> (my) economic ability
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<p>At the end of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Enz5egwcAA&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow noreferrer">爱不起</a>, there is the sentence "越是迷住我 豪华名贵 越是发现爱不起". The first and third segments are "The more you are fascinated with me" and "the more I discover I cannot love you", unless I'm much mistaken. The middle segment is a set phrase I cannot figure out the meaning of in this sentence. So I ask:</p>

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  <p>In the Chinese song in the source, titled 爱不起, what is the meaning of 豪华名贵 in the final phrase “The more you're fascinated with me, [haohua minggui], the more I find I can’t love you”?</p>
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What does the phrase 豪华名贵 mean in Dave Wong's song "爱不起"?
# What does the phrase 豪华名贵 mean in Dave Wong's song "爱不起"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-02)

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**Question**

At the end of [爱不起](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Enz5egwcAA&feature=youtu.be), there is the sentence "越是迷住我 豪华名贵 越是发现爱不起". The first and third segments are "The more you are fascinated with me" and "the more I discover I cannot love you", unless I'm much mistaken. The middle segment is a set phrase I cannot figure out the meaning of in this sentence. So I ask:

> In the Chinese song in the source, titled 爱不起, what is the meaning of 豪华名贵 in the final phrase “The more you're fascinated with me, [haohua minggui], the more I find I can’t love you”?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-02. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

"豪華名貴" roughly is luxury & precious goods & lifestyles

the theme of the song is a poor male like / love a rich female. so, there's the lyric "而能力上永遠付不起" (can't never pay); which accord with the song title.

"愛不起" is caused by "付不起" :(

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So 而能力上永遠付不起 would be "and I can never pay you back with [my] abilities" (or maybe 能力 -> richness)? And 豪华名贵 would be "rich and full of luxury (as you are)" referring to the girl, right?  
> **username_1**: 能力 --> (my) economic ability  

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