Creo en Mi – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Sammi Cheng, Jackson Wang

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
傷口 (shāng kǒu) /ʃɑŋ koʊ/ B1	noun - wound
憤怒 (fènnù) /fənˈnuː/ B2	noun - anger, rage
子彈 (zǐdàn) /ˈtsɨ dɑn/ B1	noun - bullet
誘惑 (yòuhuò) /joʊˈhwɔ/ B2	noun - temptation verb - to tempt
背叛 (bèipàn) /beɪˈpæn/ B2	noun - betrayal verb - to betray
責罵 (zémà) /tsəˈmɑ/ B2	noun - scolding, rebuke verb - to scold, to rebuke
中傷 (zhòngshāng) /ʈʂʊŋ ʂɑŋ/ C1	noun - slander, libel verb - to slander, to libel
迫害 (pòhài) /pʰwoʊ haɪ/ B2	noun - persecution verb - to persecute
謊話 (huǎnghuà) /hwɑŋ hwɑ/ B1	noun - lie
欺騙 (qīpiàn) /tʃʰi pjɛn/ B2	verb - to deceive, to cheat noun - deception, fraud
盜取 (dàoqǔ) /daʊ ʨʰy/ B2	verb - to steal, to plunder
信念 (xìnniàn) /ɕin njɛn/ B2	noun - belief, faith
缺點 (quēdiǎn) /kʰwɛ djɛn/ B1	noun - shortcoming, weakness, flaw
價值 (jiàzhí) /t͡ɕja ʈʂɨ/ A2	noun - value
軟弱 (ruǎnruò) /ɻwan ɻwoʊ/ B1	adjective - weak

Key Grammar Structures

• I was crawling through the dirt

  ➔ Past continuous tense

  ➔ The use of "was crawling" indicates an ongoing action in the past

• I can see

  ➔ Modal verb "can" + base verb

  ➔ Indicates ability or possibility to perceive visually

• I believe tomorrow's gonna be a better day

  ➔ Future going-to construction

  ➔ Expresses a future intention or expectation

• Don't fall in your own hands

  ➔ Imperative sentence with "don't" + base verb

  ➔ Provides a command or warning not to do something

• Nothing is left but I got creo with me

  ➔ Contrastive clause with "but"

  ➔ Shows opposition between two clauses or ideas

• That night, I was crawling through the dirt

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ Describes completed actions in the past

• Searching for the sunlight

  ➔ Present participle phrase

  ➔ Indicates ongoing action or continuous effort