– Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Today, your buddy’s not just fishing.

I’m bringing home a sea dragon to make soup.

Come on, my little unlucky ones.

Don’t let me down.

Heh, looks like I’ve run into some picky eaters today.

You just eat and don’t take the bait, huh?

Trying to act all cool in front of me, are you?

Fine, I’m done fishing—if you want to eat, use the reward money and buy it yourself.

If I wasn’t in a good mood today,

I’d have boiled all of you already.

Hey, Third Prince, Third Prince!

Don’t be mad.

I’m begging you, please take the bait.

I’ll let you off the hook this time.

Remember, don’t make me come after you again.

Or I might just light a fire,

and cook up a real hotpot down in the sea.

[Chinese]

今天小爷不仅要钓鱼

还要钓条海龙回家炖汤

来吧小可怜们

别让我失望

嘿嘿今天小爷还真遇上挑食的了

光知道吃不上钩

都给爷装高冷是吧

不钓了谁爱吃拿着赏钱自己去买

小爷今天要不是心情好

直接把你们全煮了

三太子三太子

别生气啊

求钓求下钩

今天小爷放你们一马

记住下次别让我动手

要不烧上一把火

直接开一锅海底捞

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
钓鱼 diào yú A2	verb - to go fishing
海龙 hǎi lóng B1	noun - seahorse or sea dragon
炖汤 dùn tāng B1	verb - to stew soup
失望 shī wàng B2	verb - to feel disappointed
挑食 tiāo shí B1	adjective - picky about food
上钩 shàng gōu B1	verb - to take the bait; get hooked
高冷 gāo lěng C1	adjective - aloof and cool in manner
赏钱 shǎng qián B2	noun - reward money; tip
煮 zhǔ A2	verb - to cook; to boil
心情 xīn qíng B1	noun - mood; state of mind
求 qiú B2	verb - to beg; to request; to seek
放 fàng A2	verb - to release; to let go; to put
记住 jì zhù B1	verb - to remember; to keep in mind
动手 dòng shǒu B2	verb - to take action; to use hands; to start a fight
烧 shāo B1	verb - to burn; to cook over fire
火 huǒ A1	noun - fire; flame
锅 guō A2	noun - pot; pan
海底捞 hǎi dǐ lāo B2	noun - Hai Di Lao (a famous hot pot brand; literally 'scoop from the bottom of the sea')

Key Grammar Structures

• 今天小爷不仅要钓鱼

  ➔ 不仅...还... (not only... but also...)

  ➔ The phrase '不仅...还...' connects two actions — here '钓鱼' and another upcoming action, emphasizing dual intentions.

• 还要钓条海龙回家炖汤

  ➔ Verb + 条 + Noun (measure word for fish/long objects)

  ➔ The word '条' is a classifier used before nouns like '鱼' or '海龙'. It indicates a single unit of a long or slender item.

• 别让我失望

  ➔ 别 + Verb (negative imperative)

  ➔ Used to tell someone not to do something. Here '别让我失望' means 'Don’t disappoint me'.

• 光知道吃不上钩

  ➔ 光 + Verb (only; merely doing something)

  ➔ The adverb '光' limits the action to a single behavior. Here meaning 'only know how to eat but not bite the hook'.

• 都给爷装高冷是吧

  ➔ Verb + 是吧 (rhetorical confirmation)

  ➔ The ending '是吧' seeks ironic or emphatic confirmation — implying disapproval, as in 'acting cool, huh?'.

• 不钓了谁爱吃拿着赏钱自己去买

  ➔ 谁 + Verb (whoever...) expressing conditional freedom

  ➔ '谁爱吃' means 'whoever wants to eat', indicating indifference and freedom of action.

• 三太子三太子 别生气啊

  ➔ 啊 (sentence-final particle for soft tone)

  ➔ The particle '啊' softens the imperative, making it more polite or emotional.

• 记住下次别让我动手

  ➔ Verb + 下次 (temporal adverb indicating 'next time')

  ➔ ‘下次’ functions as a time adverb; the speaker warns about possible future action.

• 要不烧上一把火

  ➔ 要不 (if not / otherwise)

  ➔ ‘要不’ introduces an alternative action or consequence, similar to 'otherwise'.