登顶 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 严浩翔

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the powerful Chinese Mandopop track "登顶" (To the Top) by Teens in Times, featuring Yan Haoxiang. The song's aspirational and determined message offers an excellent entry point into modern C-Pop vocabulary related to ambition, perseverance, and success, such as 登顶 (dēng dǐng, reaching the summit) and 流言蜚语 (liú yán fēi yǔ, rumors/slander). Its energetic style and clear, inspirational lyrics make it a perfect song to learn about contemporary Chinese youth culture and language.

[English]

Those destined for the peak

Another sunrise pierces through the fog

Lighting up the path left untrodden

From the mountain's base, step by step

Heading higher, no looking back

Don't know how much longer till we arrive

Body already covered in graffiti, give up?

No matter the trials, I don't care

All the pain suffered, tears shed, I charge ahead unwavering

Always holding back with impatience

The tougher it gets, the more I want to conquer it

Lost birds mock me for standing still

My path, I know it best myself

Charging forward, we to the mountain top

Closer to the sun, inch by inch

Even if tumbling in the thorny bushes

Nothing, none of it bothers me

Head to the peak to gaze out (thorns all beneath my feet)

Then becoming unstoppable (watch my stance)

I'll scale to the summit (no matter the hardship)

This time, let you see it clearly

The stones they hurled at me

I'll pave them on the bumpy roads

Step on them, keep pushing onward

Old wounds healed long ago, hey hey

Grown a tough outer shell

Can't hurt me anymore

How much longer till we reach

Body already covered in graffiti, give up? (Give up?)

More challenges, I don't care (Don't care)

All the pain suffered, tears shed, I charge ahead unwavering

Always holding back with impatience

The tougher it gets, the more I want to conquer it

Want to conquer it

Lost birds mock me for standing still

My path, I know it best myself

Charging forward, we to the mountain top

Closer to the sun, inch by inch

Even if tumbling in the thorny bushes

Nothing, none of it bothers me

Head to the peak to gaze out (thorns all beneath my feet)

Then becoming unstoppable (watch my stance)

I'll scale to the summit (no matter the hardship)

This time, let you see it clearly

The uphill road is full of twists and turns

After falling, I meet a braver version of myself

Winding peaks, that final moment, yeah yeah

Announcing to the world, I am the king! Yeah

Charging forward, we to the mountain top

Closer to the sun, inch by inch

Even if tumbling in the thorny bushes

Nothing, none of it bothers me

Bothers me

Head to the peak to gaze out (thorns all beneath my feet)

Then becoming unstoppable (watch my stance)

I'll scale to the summit (no matter the hardship)

This time, let you see it clearly

See it clearly

[Chinese]

要去山顶的人

又一轮太阳 穿破迷雾

照亮了 没踏上的路

从山脚出发一步一步

往高处 不走回头路

不知道还要多久 才能抵达

身上己挂满涂鸦要放弃吗

再多的考验 我不在乎

受过的罪 流过的泪 我义无反顾

总是 按耐不住

越是困难 越想驯服

迷途的鸟 笑我原地踏步

我的路 我自己最清楚

奔跑起来 去山顶的我们

靠近太阳 一寸一寸

哪怕会在 荆棘丛里翻滚

没什么 我统统 不在乎

去山顶眺望（荆棘都踩在脚下）

就势不可挡（看我的姿态）

我 登顶而上（无论多坎坷）

这一次就让你看清楚

他们扔向我 那些石头

我垫在 不平的路口

踩上去 再往前走

过去的伤口早就愈合hey hey

长出坚硬的外壳

已伤不到我

还要多久才能抵达

身上己挂满涂鸦要放弃吗（要放弃吗）

再多的考验 我不在乎（不在乎）

受过的罪 流过的泪 我义无反顾

总是 按耐不住

越是困难 越想驯服

越想驯服

迷途的鸟 笑我原地踏步

我的路 我自己最清楚

奔跑起来 去山顶的我们

靠近太阳 一寸一寸

哪怕会在 荆棘丛里翻滚

没什么 我统统 不在乎

去 山顶眺望（荆棘都踩在脚下）

就势不可挡（看我的姿态）

我 登顶而上（无论多坎坷）

这一次就让你看清楚

上坡的路哪有不曲折

跌倒过后 遇见更勇敢的我

峰回路转 最后那一刻 yeah yeah

宣告世界 我就是王Yeah

奔跑起来 去山顶的我们

靠近太阳 一寸一寸

哪怕会在荆棘丛里翻滚

没什么 我统统 不在乎

不在乎

去山顶眺望（荆棘都踩在脚下）

就势不可挡（看我的姿态）

我登顶而上（无论多坎坷）

这一次 就让你 看清楚

看清楚

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
山顶 /shān dǐng/ B1	noun - mountain summit
太阳 /tài yáng/ A2	noun - the star at the center of the solar system
迷雾 /mí wù/ B1	noun - thick fog or mist
路 /lù/ A2	noun - road or path
涂鸦 /tú yā/ B2	noun - graffiti
考验 /kǎo yàn/ B2	noun - test or trial
危机 /wēi jī/ B2	noun - crisis or danger
坚持 /jiān chí/ B2	verb - to insist or persevere
困难 /kùn nan/ A2	noun - difficulty
挑战 /tiǎo zhàn/ B2	noun - challenge
勇敢 /yǒng gǎn/ B2	adjective - brave
坎坷 /kǎn kě/ B2	adjective - rough, difficult
坚持 /jiān chí/ B2	verb - to persist or stick to
胜利 /shèng lì/ B2	noun - victory

Key Grammar Structures

• 要去山顶的人

  ➔ Relative clause placed before a noun (要去山顶的) modifies the noun 人.

  ➔ The phrase "要去山顶" serves as a relative clause that modifies "人" meaning "people **who want to go to the summit**".

• 不知道还要多久才能抵达

  ➔ Clause with 还要...才… indicating a condition that must be met before the result.

  ➔ The phrase "还要多久" asks about the remaining time, and "才能抵达" uses "才" to stress that only after that time can the action "抵达" happen.

• 再多的考验 我不在乎

  ➔ Use of 再...的... to express 'no matter how ...', followed by a simple statement.

  ➔ "再多的考验" means "no matter how many trials", and "我不在乎" states "I don't care".

• 受过的罪 流过的泪 我义无反顾

  ➔ Past‑experience modifier using 过 after a verb (受过, 流过) and 的 to turn it into an adjective phrase.

  ➔ "受过的罪" and "流过的泪" are noun phrases formed with the past‑experience marker "过" plus "的", meaning "the sins I've committed" and "the tears I've shed".

• 越是困难 越想驯服

  ➔ Comparative pattern 越…越… meaning "the more …, the more …".

  ➔ "越是困难" – "the more difficult it is"; "越想驯服" – "the more I want to tame".

• 上坡的路哪有不曲折

  ➔ Rhetorical question with 哪有+negative to assert that something impossible exists.

  ➔ "哪有不曲折" literally means "how could there be a road that isn’t winding?" implying "there’s no such straight road".

• 跌倒过后 遇见更勇敢的我

  ➔ 使用 过后 to indicate "after having ..." and comparative 更 for "more".

  ➔ "跌倒过后" means "after falling"; "更勇敢的我" means "a more courageous me".

• 宣告世界 我就是王

  ➔ Use of 就是 for emphatic identification, similar to “I am indeed the king”.

  ➔ "我就是王" emphasizes the identity: "I am **the king**".