爱的海洋 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Wanting

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the lyrical depths of Wanting's "爱的海洋" (Love Ocean), a captivating C-pop ballad that offers a unique window into the artist's journey of self-discovery and the power of pursuing one's true passion. Through its introspective lyrics and beautiful melody, you can learn common phrases related to emotional resilience, ambition, and the profound impact of support. The song's universal themes of finding strength in love and daring to follow an unconventional path make it a special and relatable piece for language learners, offering a rich context for cultural and linguistic understanding.

[English]

Away from home, with ambitions afar

Your love makes me strong

Melodies ripple, you applaud for me

Immersed in an ocean of love

From never daring to think, to wanting to do, to doing what I want

Facts prove I'm not as fragile as they imagine

I just need a light

A piano, a microphone

Away from home, with ambitions afar

Your love makes me strong

Melodies ripple, you applaud for me

Immersed in an ocean of love

I once imagined being a doctor, healing the wounded and saving lives

I also imagined being a lawyer, a journalist

Being an Olympic champion, but none of it worked out

Because what I want most is a light

A piano, a microphone

Away from home, with ambitions afar

Your love makes me strong

Melodies ripple, you applaud for me

Immersed in an ocean of love

Hm-hm, hm-hm, hm-hm-hm-hm

Hm-hm, hm-hm, hm-hm-hm-hm

Hm-hm, hm-hm, hm-hm-hm-hm

Hm-hm, hm-hm-hm

Away from home, with ambitions afar

Your love makes me strong (strong)

Melodies ripple, you applaud for me

Immersed in an ocean of love

Away from home, with ambitions afar

Your love makes me strong

Melodies ripple, you applaud for me

Immersed in an ocean of love

Immersed in an ocean of love

...

[Chinese]

身在他鄉 志在遠方

你的愛讓我堅強

歌聲蕩漾 你為我鼓掌

沉浸在愛的海洋

從不敢想 到想去做 到做到我想的

事實證明我並不像他們想象的那樣脆弱

我只是需要一盞燈

一架鋼琴 一支麥克風

身在他鄉 志在遠方

你的愛讓我堅強

歌聲蕩漾 你為我鼓掌

沉浸在愛的海洋

曾經想象過做一名醫生 救死扶傷

也曾想象過做律師 做記者

做奧運冠軍 但是都沒有結果

因為我最想要的是一盞燈

一架鋼琴 一支麥克風

身在他鄉 志在遠方

你的愛讓我堅強

歌聲蕩漾 你為我鼓掌

沉浸在愛的海洋

Hm-hm, hm-hm, hm-hm-hm-hm

Hm-hm, hm-hm, hm-hm-hm-hm

Hm-hm, hm-hm, hm-hm-hm-hm

Hm-hm, hm-hm-hm

身在他鄉 志在遠方

你的愛讓我堅強（堅強）

歌聲蕩漾 你為我鼓掌

沉浸在愛的海洋

身在他鄉 志在遠方

你的愛讓我堅強

歌聲蕩漾 你為我鼓掌

沉浸在愛的海洋

沉浸在愛的海洋

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 (ài) /aɪ/ A1	noun - love verb - to love
海洋 (hǎi yáng) /haɪ jɑːŋ/ A2	noun - ocean
他鄉 (tā xiāng) /tʰɑ́ ɕjɑŋ/ B1	noun - foreign land, another place
遠方 (yuǎn fāng) /yɛn fɑŋ/ B1	noun - distant place, faraway place
堅強 (jiān qiáng) /d͡ʑjɛn t͡ɕʰjɑŋ/ B2	adjective - strong, firm, staunch
歌聲 (gē shēng) /kɤ ʂɤŋ/ B1	noun - singing voice, song
蕩漾 (dàng yàng) /dɑŋ jɑŋ/ B2	verb - to ripple, to undulate
鼓掌 (gǔ zhǎng) /ɡu ʈʂɑŋ/ A2	verb - to applaud, to clap
沉浸 (chén jìn) /t͡ʃʰən d͡ʑin/ B2	verb - to immerse, to soak
醫生 (yī shēng) /i ʂɤŋ/ A2	noun - doctor, physician
律師 (lǜ shī) /ly ʂɨ/ B1	noun - lawyer, attorney
記者 (jì zhě) /d͡ʑi ʈ͡ʂɤ/ B1	noun - reporter, journalist
冠軍 (guàn jūn) /ɡwan d͡ʑyn/ B2	noun - champion, first place
鋼琴 (gāng qín) /ɡɑŋ t͡ɕʰin/ A2	noun - piano
燈 (dēng) /dəŋ/ A1	noun - lamp, light
麥克風 (mài kè fēng) /maɪ kʰɤ fɤŋ/ A2	noun - microphone

Key Grammar Structures

• 身在他鄉 志在遠方

  ➔ Parallel structure / Four-character idioms (四字成語)

  ➔ This line uses parallel structure with two four-character idioms: "身在他鄉" (shēn zài tā xiāng - physically in a foreign land) and "志在遠方" (zhì zài yuǎnfāng - aspiring to be far away). This structure emphasizes both the physical location and the ambition.

• 你的愛讓我堅強

  ➔ Causative verb "讓" (ràng) + Adjective

  ➔ "讓" (ràng) means "to make" or "to let". The structure "A 讓 B adjective" means "A makes B adjective". Here, "你的愛讓我堅強" (nǐ de ài ràng wǒ jiānqiáng) means "Your love makes me strong".

• 歌聲蕩漾 你為我鼓掌

  ➔ Subject-Verb-Object structure; Prepositional phrase indicating the beneficiary.

  ➔ "歌聲蕩漾" (gēshēng dàngyàng - the singing voice ripples) follows the SVO order. "你為我鼓掌" (nǐ wèi wǒ gǔzhǎng - You applaud for me), "為" (wèi) means "for", indicating that the action benefits the speaker.

• 沉浸在愛的海洋

  ➔ Prepositional phrase "在...裡/中" (zài...lǐ/zhōng) indicating location; Idiomatic expression.

  ➔ "沉浸在愛的海洋" (chénjìn zài ài de hǎiyáng - immersed in the ocean of love). "在...裡/中" (zài...lǐ/zhōng) means "in". The whole phrase is an idiomatic expression meaning to be completely surrounded and consumed by love.

• 從不敢想 到想去做 到做到我想的

  ➔ Progressive structure with "到" (dào) indicating a transition from one state to another.

  ➔ The line shows a progression: "從不敢想" (cóng bù gǎn xiǎng - from not daring to think) -> "到想去做" (dào xiǎng qù zuò - to wanting to do) -> "到做到我想的" (dào zuò dào wǒ xiǎng de - to achieving what I wanted). "到" (dào) marks the shift from one stage to the next.

• 事實證明我並不像他們想象的那樣脆弱

  ➔ Complex sentence structure with a resultative clause; Comparison using "像...一樣" (xiàng...yīyàng) and negation "不像" (bù xiàng).

  ➔ The sentence means "The facts prove that I am not as fragile as they imagined". "像...一樣" (xiàng...yīyàng) means "like... the same". "不像" (bù xiàng) is the negation meaning "not like".