無礙 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 張哲瀚

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the depths of self-expression with Zhang Zhehan's "無礙" (Unchained). This pop-rock track offers a unique opportunity to connect with Mandarin Chinese through its profound lyrics about freedom, identity, and defiance. Learn powerful phrases and emotional vocabulary as Zhang Zhehan's dynamic vocals and raw storytelling invite you into a journey of breaking free from constraints and embracing authentic selfhood, making it special for its bold message and artistic delivery.

[English]

What am I?

Let them say

What am I?

A dangerous downfall

What am I?

A blue flame in the blaze

Burning away evil in the dark night

What am I?

Right or wrong

What am I?

A shameless wreck

What am I?

An amber holding secrets

Sins from a thousand years ago

Destroying all bonds

Why do I live like a freak?

Who watches, who cheers?

Doesn’t matter if tomorrow exists

Whether the sky is blue, what’s it to me?

My brain is already overloaded

I’m a bullet

Murdering the future

I’m a match

Lighting up black and white

I’m a card

On a table of mockery and insults

Swallowed too much greed

I’m darkness

Deceiving, concealing

I’m wreckage

Buried deep in the soil

I’m an outcast

Who knows where I came from?

This is all I wanna say

Whatever the era

I’ll live like a freak

Coldly watching, staying detached

Doesn’t matter if tomorrow exists

Whether the sky is blue, what’s it to me?

My brain is already overloaded

So I lose, just lose, wandering in hell

So I wake, just wake, laughing in sorrow

So I lose, just lose, wandering in hell

So I wake, just wake, laughing in sorrow

I, born this way, die this way, why

I, born this way, die this way, time

I, born this way, die this way, mine

We’re gonna die

Whatever the era

I’ll live like a freak

Coldly watching, staying detached

Doesn’t matter if tomorrow exists

Whether the sky is blue, what’s it to me?

My brain is already overloaded

[Chinese]

我是什麼

由他們說

我是什麼

危險的墮落

我是什麼

烈焰中的藍火

黑夜中燒盡罪惡

我是什麼

是非對錯

我是什麼

無恥的爛貨

我是什麼

蘊藏奧秘琥珀

千年前的罪過

毀滅所有羈絆

為何活得像個怪胎

誰人旁觀 誰人喝彩

無所謂明天會不會在

天藍不藍又與我何關

我的大腦 已經超載

我是子彈

謀殺未來

我是火柴

點燃過黑白

我是紙牌

嬉笑謾罵的桌臺

吞噬過太多貪婪

我是黑暗

欺騙隱瞞

我是殘骸

泥土裏深埋

我是異端

誰知從何而來

This is all I wanna say

管他什麼時代

我要活得像個怪胎

冷眼旁觀 置身事外

無所謂明天會不會在

天藍不藍又與我何關

我的大腦 已經超載

於是落敗 就落敗 地獄徘徊

於是醒來 就醒來 狂笑悲哀

於是落敗 就落敗 地獄徘徊

於是醒來 就醒來 狂笑悲哀

I, born the way, die the way, why

I, born the way, die the way, time

I, born the way, die the way, mine

We’re gonna die

管他什麼時代

我要活得像個怪胎

冷眼旁觀 置身事外

無所謂明天會不會在

天藍不藍又與我何關

我的大腦 已經超載

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
墮落 /duò luò/ B2	noun - fall or decline, especially morally
烈焰 /liè yàn/ B1	noun - fierce flames
罪惡 /zuì è/ B2	noun - sin or evil
蘊藏 /yùn cáng/ C1	verb - to contain or hold within
琥珀 /hǔ pò/ B2	noun - amber
羈絆 /jī bàn/ C1	noun - bonds or ties
怪胎 /guài tāi/ B1	noun - freak or abnormality
子彈 /zǐ dàn/ A2	noun - bullet
火柴 /huǒ chái/ A1	noun - match
紙牌 /zhǐ pái/ A2	noun - playing card
吞噬 /tūn shì/ B2	verb - to swallow or devour
殘骸 /cán hái/ B2	noun - wreckage or remains
異端 /yì duān/ C1	noun - heresy or unorthodoxy
旁觀 /páng guān/ B1	verb - to be a bystander or observe from the sidelines
超載 /chāo zǎi/ B2	verb - to overload

Key Grammar Structures

• 我是什麼 由他們說

  ➔ Present tense with aspect marker

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense verb '是' (am/is/are) followed by '由他們說' (by them said), indicating a state or condition defined by others. The structure highlights the passive nature of the subject's identity being determined externally.

• 烈焰中的藍火

  ➔ Noun modification with prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase '烈焰中的藍火' (blue fire in the flames) uses a prepositional phrase '中的' (in) to modify the noun '藍火' (blue fire), creating a vivid image of contrast and duality.

• 為何活得像個怪胎

  ➔ Rhetorical question with adverbial phrase

  ➔ The rhetorical question '為何活得像個怪胎' (Why live like a monster) uses the adverbial phrase '像個怪胎' (like a monster) to emphasize the speaker's alienation and self-perception.

• 我的大腦 已經超載

  ➔ Present perfect with adjectival complement

  ➔ The sentence '我的大腦 已經超載' (My brain has overloaded) uses the present perfect '已經' (has) with the adjectival complement '超載' (overloaded) to describe a state of mental exhaustion.

• 於是落敗 就落敗 地獄徘徊

  ➔ Reduplication and coordination

  ➔ The phrase uses reduplication '落敗 落敗' (defeated, defeated) and coordination with '於是' (thus) and '就' (then) to emphasize resignation and repetition of failure, creating a sense of inevitability.