5– Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: soldier, 刀酱

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the heart of modern Chinese expression with '5:20AM'. This song offers a unique window into contemporary Chinese rap and the use of numerical slang in expressing emotions. By listening, you can learn common phrases and cultural references, making it a special and engaging way to experience the language.

[English]

I go to sleep at 5:20 and wake up precisely at 13:14.

I go all out for romance, drowning in the river of love and never reaching the shore.

Loving you is my duty.

A floral sundress stands before me.

Back then I was as handsome as lightning.

The clouds outside swirl, both heavy and light.

I said stay in my room and have a bowl of noodles.

Then your hands rest on my chest.

I start losing control, holding your hand.

Every day after work I take you around Zhengzhou.

Every street corner we walked together.

Dead memories begin to attack me.

Your scent hits me again.

For whom I become someone's puppet.

I realize there’s nothing left that I look forward to.

I feel I can’t escape, like a cloud can’t avoid the wind.

We’re blown farther apart, becoming strangers.

Dark clouds sneak through the overcast day.

The farther away it gets, the clearer it seems.

I’ve caught a disease that I can’t forget and can’t recall.

The sadder I get, the more this beat spikes.

Everyone else is drunk; I’m the only one sober.

I see through people's hearts, immune to a hundred poisons.

But I can no longer see that group photo clearly.

My heart is icy most of the time.

I once had a one‑night stand with death.

I am the most passionate and pure zodiac.

All I think about is money or sex.

I go to sleep at 5:20 and wake up precisely at 13:14.

I go all out for romance, drowning in the river of love and never reaching the shore.

Loving you is my duty.

A floral sundress stands before me.

Back then I was as handsome as lightning.

The clouds outside swirl, both heavy and light.

I said stay in my room and have a bowl of noodles.

Then your hands rest on my chest.

I start losing control, holding your hand.

Every day after work I take you around Zhengzhou.

Every street corner we walked together.

Dead memories begin to attack me.

Your scent hits me again.

For whom I become someone's puppet.

I realize there’s nothing left that I look forward to.

There are no expectations, no surprises.

I won’t easily become dependent on anyone again.

The house is a mess, and in my mind, my late wife.

I wander through the gray area she left me.

Don’t use separation to prove we’re inseparable.

Don’t wait until the end to realize it really shouldn’t have been.

Here's to the past, dance all night.

Here's to the past, dance all night.

I'm from Henan, from Luoyang.

I'm from Henan, from Luoyang.

From Pingdingshan I’ll take you to Xuchang.

From Pingdingshan I’ll take you to Xuchang.

Then from Kaifeng to Xinyang.

Then from Kaifeng to Xinyang.

I'm from Henan, from Luoyang.

I'm from Henan, from Luoyang.

Take you around Xinxiang, Nanyang, Puyang, Anyang.

Take you around Xinxiang, Nanyang, Puyang, Anyang.

Be your little sunshine.

Be your little sunshine.

I'm from Henan, from Luoyang.

I'm from Henan, from Luoyang.

From Hebi, through Jiaozuo, Sanmenxia, to Zhumadian.

From Hebi, through Jiaozuo, Sanmenxia, to Zhumadian.

Take you to Luohe.

Take you to Luohe.

I'm from Henan, from Luoyang.

I'm from Henan, from Luoyang.

Take you to Zhoukou, take you to Shangqiu.

Take you to Zhoukou, take you to Shangqiu.

Why didn’t we say it early, for us after…

Why didn’t we say it early, for us after…

[Chinese]

我在5:20睡覺13:14準時起

主打個浪漫沉溺在愛河不上岸

愛你在本職裡

碎花洋裙站在我的面前

那時候帥的就像閃電

外面的烏雲深深淺淺

我說留在我房間吃碗麵

然後你的雙手搭在我的胸口

開始控制不住牽你手

每天下班後帶你轉鄭州

我們一起走過的每個街口

死去的回憶開始攻擊我

你的香味又襲來了

為誰被誰變成了傀儡

發現再也沒有什麼我所期待的

我感覺躲不掉像雲朵躲不過風

我們被吹的越來越遠變得如此陌生

烏雲在陰天裡偷偷的經過

怎麼越遙遠的看的越清澈

得了忘不掉記不清的病

我越難過這beat越頂

眾人皆醉我獨醒

我看透人心百毒不侵

卻再也看不清那張合影

我的心大部分時間是冰的

曾經和死神有過一夜情

我是最熱烈最純粹的星座

腦子裡除了金錢就是性

我在5:20睡覺13:14準時起

主打個浪漫沉溺在愛河不上岸

愛你在本職裡

碎花洋裙站在我的面前

那時候帥的就像閃電

外面的烏雲深深淺淺

我說留在我房間吃碗麵

然後你的雙手搭在我的胸口

開始控制不住牽你手

每天下班後帶你轉鄭州

我們一起走過的每個街口

死去的回憶開始攻擊我

你的香味又襲來了

為誰被誰變成了傀儡

發現再也沒有什麼我所期待的

沒有任何期待沒有意外

不會再輕易對誰產生依賴

屋裡一片狼藉腦海中的亡妻

漫步在她留給我的灰色地帶

別用分開來證明分不開

別到結束了才認為真不該

Here's to the past, dance all night

Here's to the past, dance all night

俺是河南嘞河南洛陽嘞

On shi hénán lèi hénán luòyáng lèi

從平頂山帶你到許昌

Cóng píngdǐngshān dài nǐ zhuǎn dào xǔchāng

再從開封轉到新鄉

Zài cóng kāifēng zhuǎn dào xīnxiāng

俺是河南嘞河南洛陽嘞

Ǒn shì hénán lèi hénán luòyáng lèi

帶你轉信陽南陽濮陽安陽

Dài nǐ zhuǎn xìnyáng nányáng pùyáng ānyáng

做你嘞小太陽

Zuò nǐ lěi xiǎo tàiyáng

俺是河南嘞河南洛陽嘞

Ǒn shì hénán lèi hénán luòyáng lèi

從鶴壁轉到焦作三門峽到駐馬店

Cóng hèbì zhuǎn dào jiāozuò sānménxiá dào zhùmǎdiàn

帶你轉漯河

Dài nǐ zhuǎn luòhé

俺是河南嘞河南洛陽嘞

Ǒn shì hénán lèi hénán luòyáng lèi

帶你轉週口帶你轉商丘

Dài nǐ zhuǎn zhōukǒu dài nǐ zhuǎn shāngqiū

咋不早說咱倆某以後

Zǎ bù zǎo shuō zán liǎ mǒu yīhòu

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 ài A1	verb - to have a strong affection for
心 xīn A1	noun - the organ in the body that pumps blood
回憶 huíyì B1	noun - a memory of past events
雲 yún A1	noun - a visible mass of water vapor in the sky
香味 xiāngwèi B2	noun - a pleasant smell or aroma
牽 qiān A2	verb - to hold and pull something
走 zǒu A1	verb - to move forward by foot
變 biàn A2	verb - to change into something different
看 kàn A1	verb - to look at something
醒 xǐng B1	verb - to wake up or become conscious adjective - not sleeping or alert
冰 bīng A2	noun - frozen water adjective - very cold in temperature
帥 shuài A2	adjective - attractive or handsome in appearance
攻擊 gōngjī B2	verb - to launch an attack on something
陌生 mòshēng B1	adjective - unfamiliar or not known
浪漫 làngmàn B2	adjective - involving ideal or sentimental ideas
睡覺 shuìjiào A1	verb - to go to sleep or fall asleep
起 qǐ A2	verb - to get up or rise

Key Grammar Structures

• 我在5:20睡覺13:14準時起

  ➔ Present tense with time expressions

  ➔ The sentence uses the present tense to describe a routine action with specific time markers ('5:20' and '13:14').

• 愛你在本職裡

  ➔ Locative complement

  ➔ The phrase '在本職裡' acts as a locative complement, indicating where the action of loving takes place.

• 碎花洋裙站在我的面前

  ➔ Adjectival noun + verb phrase

  ➔ '碎花洋裙' is an adjectival noun modifying the subject, followed by a verb phrase '站在我的面前'.

• 外面的烏雲深深淺淺

  ➔ Adjective reduplication

  ➔ The adjectives '深深淺淺' are reduplicated to emphasize the varying degrees of darkness in the clouds.

• 開始控制不住牽你手

  ➔ Complement of result

  ➔ '控制不住' serves as a complement of result, indicating the outcome of the action '牽你手'.

• 我們被吹的越來越遠變得如此陌生

  ➔ Resultative verb construction

  ➔ The sentence uses a resultative verb construction ('被吹的越來越遠變得如此陌生') to describe the outcome of being blown away.

• 別用分開來證明分不開

  ➔ Negative imperative

  ➔ The sentence uses a negative imperative ('別用') to express a prohibition or strong advice against using separation to prove inseparability.

• 俺是河南嘞河南洛陽嘞

  ➔ Topicalization with particle

  ➔ The sentence uses topicalization with the particle '嘞' to emphasize the topic '河南' and '洛陽'.