冬眠·2023 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 刘兆宇, 阿YueYue
• Album: 冬眠·2023

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the poignant emotions of separation and nostalgia with "冬眠·2023" by 刘兆宇 and 阿YueYue. This pop song offers a chance to immerse yourself in the language of longing, using evocative winter imagery and heartfelt lyrics to convey deep feelings. Discover the beauty and depth of the Chinese language through this touching musical experience.

[English]

Listen to the white snow of the winter solstice

Hear it hiding its choking sobs

In a world without you

Is it snowing where you are?

Here, it is

The biting wind blows past my ears, feels heavy as it passes my head

Snowflakes drift down one by one, memories flooding my mind

This song playing in my headphones was on repeat that winter

Every time it plays again, it’s like boarding a time machine

Those thoughts frozen by frost

That year, the words we said were far fewer

The postponed college entrance exam

Scenes of feverishly watching the World Cup flash through my mind

Friends can’t meet, sharing stuck on screens

Longing from thousands of miles away has frozen over

Haven't kissed my family’s cheeks in so long

Behind the camera, how can I clearly see them?

The bustling alleyway now flickers with uncertain lights

Empty streets, relationships between people growing more distant

These memories melt away with the snow—how to fill the emptiness left behind?

Snow falls with the cold wind—how to sink into this eternal hibernation?

Look, the butterflies of spring

See them trembling as they fly past

Gentle breeze and warm sun tilt the scene

Yet the season feels cold

Look, the crescent moon of midsummer

See it stealing away joy

Smiles hanging upside down on the horizon

Like invisible hands you can’t grasp

Quietly carrying those times away

Never going back to that winter again

No one will wait for me too long anymore

How to remember those years gone by

I dissolve loneliness into the deep night

In some year, some month—how will we meet again?

The worn-out you, even with so many regrets

Photos of the same place can’t find the missing half

Listen—snow covers the choking sobs, sighing over farewells

Listen to the fallen leaves at the end of autumn

Hear them sigh over goodbyes

Only I remain to take it all in alone

The sea and mountains, wind and moon

Listen to the white snow of the winter solstice

Hear it hiding its choking sobs

In a world without you

Uh, I hear it (Listen to the fallen leaves at the end of autumn)

The drifting years blown away by the wind, the white snow of winter solstice flutters down (Hear them sigh over goodbyes)

Another busy year, fragments of memories piling up again (Only I remain to take it all in alone)

How fast must the wind and snow disappear to stop the flow of time? (The sea and mountains, wind and moon)

Maybe this silver-covered world will melt away by tomorrow

Listen—fallen leaves telling stories of farewells (Listen to the white snow of the winter solstice)

How should the final story end? (Hear it hiding its choking sobs)

A world without you anymore

No more hibernation without you

Is it snowing where you are?

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[Chinese]

你聽啊冬至的白雪

你聽它掩飾著哽咽

在沒有你的世界

你那裡下雪了嗎?

我這裡

凜冽的風吹過耳邊 風吹過頭有點重

雪花一片片的飄落 有些回憶湧入腦中

耳機裡播放的這首歌 是那個冬天循環聽的

每當它再次響起 好像坐上了時光機

那思緒被凍霜凝結

那年說的話格外少了很多

被推遲的高考

發燒看世界杯的場景 在腦中閃過

朋友們不能見面 分享停留在屏幕

千里外的思念在凝固

許久沒親吻 家人的臉頰

隔著攝像頭 又怎能看清楚

曾繁華的巷口 如今燈光忽明又忽滅

空蕩的街道 人與人之間 關係越來越遠

這段記憶隨雪花融化 留的空缺要如何充填

積雪伴隨寒風飄下 怎樣陷入這永恆的冬眠

你看啊春日的蝴蝶

你看它顫抖著飛越

和風與暖陽傾斜

卻冰冷的季節

你看啊仲夏的彎月

你看它把歡愉偷竊

倒掛天際的笑靨

好像一雙無形抓不住的手

悄悄把那段時光帶走

再也回不去 那年的冬

不會再有人等我太久

要如何紀念曾經那些年

我把孤獨溶解在深夜

某年的某月 再重逢以何種方式見面

破舊的你 即使有再多的遺憾

相同地點的相片 卻找不回另一半

你聽呐 雪花掩蓋著哽咽 嘆息著離別

你聽啊秋末的落葉

你聽它嘆息著離別

只剩我獨自領略

海與山 風和月

你聽啊冬至的白雪

你聽它掩飾著哽咽

在沒有你的世界

Uh 我聽見 (你聽啊秋末的落葉)

飄走的流年任風吹 冬至的白雪在紛飛 (你聽它嘆息著離別)

忙忙碌碌又一年 記憶的碎片又積成堆 (只剩我獨自領略)

風雪的消散要多快 才能將光陰攔下 (海與山 風和月)

也許 這銀裝素裹的世界 隔天就會融化

你聽啊 落葉在述說離別 (你聽啊冬至的白雪)

末了的故事該如何完結 (你聽它掩飾著哽咽)

再沒有你的世界

再沒有你的冬眠

你哪裡下雪了嗎?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
聽 /tīng/ A1	verb - to listen
雪 /xuě/ A1	noun - snow
世界 /shì jiè/ A2	noun - world
風 /fēng/ A2	noun - wind
雪花 /xuě huā/ B1	noun - snowflake
回憶 /huí yì/ B1	noun - memory
冬天 /dōng tiān/ A2	noun - winter
思緒 /sī xù/ B2	noun - thoughts
凝結 /níng jié/ B2	verb - condense, solidify
年 /nián/ A1	noun - year
記憶 /jì yì/ B1	noun - memory
蝴蝶 /hú dié/ A2	noun - butterfly
笑靨 /xiào yè/ C1	noun - dimple
時光 /shí guāng/ B2	noun - time
孤獨 /gū dú/ B1	adjective - lonely
遺憾 /yí hàn/ B2	noun - regret
離別 /lí bié/ B1	noun - farewell, parting
冬眠 /dōng mián/ B2	verb - hibernate noun - hibernation

Key Grammar Structures

• 你聽啊冬至的白雪

  ➔ Present tense with '啊' for exclamation

  ➔ The sentence uses the present tense verb '聽' (listen) followed by '啊' to express an exclamation or emphasis.

• 在沒有你的世界

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with '在' (in/at)

  ➔ The phrase uses '在' to indicate location or existence, followed by a noun phrase '沒有你的世界' (a world without you).

• 雪花一片片的飄落

  ➔ Reduplication for emphasis

  ➔ The reduplication of '一片片' (one by one) emphasizes the gradual or continuous nature of the snowflakes falling.

• 每當它再次響起

  ➔ Conditional clause with '每當' (whenever)

  ➔ The clause '每當它再次響起' uses '每當' to express a condition or time when the song plays again.

• 被推遲的高考

  ➔ Passive voice with '被' (by)

  ➔ The phrase uses '被' to indicate the passive voice, showing that the college entrance exam was delayed by an external force.

• 悄悄把那段時光帶走

  ➔ Adverbial modifier '悄悄' (quietly)

  ➔ The adverb '悄悄' modifies the verb '帶走' (take away), indicating that the action was done quietly or secretly.

• 再沒有你的冬眠

  ➔ Negative future with '再沒有' (will no longer have)

  ➔ The phrase '再沒有你的冬眠' uses '再沒有' to express that there will no longer be a hibernation with you in the future.