干杯 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 时代少年团

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the touching rendition of '干杯' by 时代少年团, a song that celebrates memories and milestones. By diving into this song, you'll discover the emotional depth and the unique journey of the group, enhanced by their heartfelt performance and visual storytelling.

[English]

Will there be a day

When time truly flows backwards

Returning to those endless years of yours and mine we can't retrieve

Perhaps someday

When the world truly reaches its end

I'd still raise sweetness brewed from memories with you

And share one more toast with you

If asked to choose one scene representing youth

That teardrop appears, that blue sky, that graduation year

That face laughing through tears while embracing—it's yours

Recalling now—so endearing, bittersweet, nostalgic beyond words

Nostalgia always strikes suddenly, unconditionally

When memories break through test papers, burst from time before my eyes

You and I sweating, sipping sodas by the playground

Promising to reach the future world together, no matter what

Now is that future, that very world

Why aren't you by my side, and I by yours?

Friendship once stood strong like Noah's Ark, vows unbreakable

Yet I gaze at the sea, waiting for eternity as my vision blurs

Will there be a day

When time truly flows backwards

Returning to those endless years of yours and mine we can't retrieve

Perhaps someday

When the world truly reaches its end

I'd still raise sweetness brewed from memories with you

And share one more toast with you

These years, bought a car, bought a watch, bought a camera lens

Only to find what I can't chase or stop remains unchanged

Life means accepting fate, resigned to destiny, drowning in drinks

Left only with high laughter points, low crying points—yet no maturity

Maturity means illusions shattering through trials

Why do dreams only grind smaller till they vanish?

Sometimes I long to cry, long to cry—yet no tears come

Hoping—will you, will he, hold a class reunion?

He waits for you, you wait for me—but who do I await?

And who's too busy—child not asleep, phone dead, heart unprepared

The sky endlessly darkens then brightens, brightens then dark

Those years sail away, fade like tides—no strength left to pursue

Will there be a day

When time truly flows backwards

Returning to those endless years of yours and mine we can't retrieve

Perhaps someday

When the world truly reaches its end

I'd still raise sweetness brewed from memories with you

And share one more toast with you

Will there be a day

When time truly flows backwards

Returning to those endless years of yours and mine we can't retrieve

Perhaps someday

When the world truly reaches its end

I'd still raise sweetness brewed from memories with you

And share one more toast with you

Ultimately one day, we'll all become yesterday

You walked with me through this single fleeting life

In this hurried world

That day is today

Today is that day

To say the thanks I've never voiced to you

And share one more toast with you

Toast to forever once more

Drink it, and we'll live eternally

[Chinese]

會不會 有一天

時間真的能倒退

退回 你的我的 回不去的 悠悠的歲月

也許會 有一天

世界真的有終點

也要和你舉起回憶釀的甜

和你再乾一杯

如果說 要我選出 代表青春 那個畫面

浮現了 那滴眼淚 那片藍天 那年畢業

那一張 邊哭邊笑 還要擁抱 是你的臉

想起來 可愛可憐 可歌可泣 可是多懷念

懷念總是 突然懷念 不談條件

當回憶 衝破考卷 衝出歲月 在我眼前

我和你 留著汗水 喝著汽水 在操場邊

說好了 無論如何 一起走到 未來的世界

現在就是 那個未來 那個世界

為什麼 你的身邊 我的身邊 不是同一邊

友情曾像 諾亞方舟 堅強誓言

只是我 望著海面 等著永遠 模糊了視線

會不會 有一天

時間真的能倒退

退回 你的我的 回不去的 悠悠的歲月

也許會 有一天

世界真的有終點

也要和你舉起回憶釀的甜

和你再乾一杯

這些年 買了四輪 買了手錶 買了單眼

卻發現 追不到的 停不了的 還是那些

人生是 只有認命 只能宿命 只好宿醉

只剩下 高的笑點 低的哭點 卻沒成熟點

成熟就是 幻想幻滅 一場磨鍊

為什麼 只有夢想 越磨越小 小到不見

有時候 好想流淚 好想流淚 卻沒眼淚

期待會 你會不會 他會不會 開個同學會

他在等你 你在等我 我在等誰

又是誰 孩子沒睡 電話沒電 心情沒準備

天空不斷 黑了又亮 亮了又黑

那光陰 滄海桑田 遠走高飛 再沒力氣追

會不會 有一天

時間真的能倒退

退回 你的我的 回不去的 悠悠的歲月

也許會 有一天

世界真的有終點

也要和你舉起回憶釀的甜

和你再乾一杯

會不會 有一天

時間真的能倒退

退回 你的我的 回不去的 悠悠的歲月

也許會 有一天

世界真的有終點

也要和你舉起回憶釀的甜

和你再乾一杯

終究會 有一天 我們都變成昨天

是你 陪我走過 一生一回

匆匆的人間

有一天就是今天

今天就是有一天

說出一直沒說 對你的感謝

和你再乾一杯

再乾一杯永遠

喝了就能萬歲

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
乾杯 /gān bēi/ A2	verb - to toast; to clink glasses
回憶 /huí yì/ A2	noun - memory; recollection
歲月 /suì yuè/ B1	noun - years; time
青春 /qīng chūn/ A2	noun - youth; young age
畢業 /bì yè/ A2	noun - graduation
懷念 /huái niàn/ B1	verb - to miss; to long for
友情 /yǒu qíng/ A2	noun - friendship
諾亞方舟 /nuò yà fāng zhōu/ B2	noun - Noah's Ark
成熟 /chéng shú/ B1	adjective - mature; grown-up
夢想 /mèng xiǎng/ A2	noun - dream; aspiration
期待 /qī dài/ A2	verb - to look forward to; to expect
光陰 /guāng yīn/ B1	noun - time; years
滄海桑田 /cāng hǎi sāng tián/ C1	noun - great changes over time
感謝 /gǎn xiè/ A1	verb - to thank; to be grateful
幻想 /huàn xiǎng/ B1	noun - fantasy; illusion

Key Grammar Structures

• 會不會 有一天

  ➔ Rhetorical question using the modal verb "會" + negative "不會" to express speculation.

  ➔ The phrase "會不會" asks whether something might happen, e.g., "會不會 有一天".

• 時間真的能倒退

  ➔ Modal verb "能" expressing ability, combined with adverb "真的" for emphasis.

  ➔ "能" means "can/able to"; here it shows the possibility that "時間" could "倒退" (go backward).

• 也許會 有一天

  ➔ Adverb "也許" (perhaps) + modal verb "會" to express a tentative future possibility.

  ➔ "也許" softens the statement, while "會" marks a future likelihood: "perhaps one day".

• 如果說 要我選出 代表青春 那個畫面

  ➔ Conditional clause "如果說... 那..." (if ... then ...) linking hypothesis with result.

  ➔ "如果說" introduces a hypothetical situation, and "那" introduces the consequent: "If I have to choose a picture that represents youth, then..."

• 說好了 無論如何 一起走到 未來的世界

  ➔ Use of the perfective particle "了" after a verb phrase to indicate a completed agreement.

  ➔ "說好了" = "said and it’s settled"; the particle "了" marks that the decision is already made.

• 為什麼 你的身邊 我的身邊 不是同一邊

  ➔ Negation with "不是" to express inequality or non‑identity.

  ➔ "不是" means "is not"; the sentence asks why "your side" and "my side" are "not the same side".

• 只好宿醉

  ➔ Expression "只好" + verb to indicate forced choice or resignation (have to…).

  ➔ "只好" means "have no choice but to"; here it conveys that the only option left is to be "hungover" (metaphorically).

• 天空不斷 黑了又亮 亮了又黑

  ➔ Use of the change‑state particle "了" in a repeated pattern (A了又B) to describe alternating states.

  ➔ "了" marks a change; the pattern "黑了又亮" means "it became dark and then bright again".

• 終究會 有一天 我們都變成昨天

  ➔ Future marker "會" combined with adverb "終究" to stress inevitability.

  ➔ "終究" means "in the end"; together with "會" it conveys that "eventually, someday, we will all become yesterday".

• 和你再乾一杯

  ➔ "再" + verb to indicate repetition (have another).

  ➔ "再" means "again"; "乾一杯" is a toast, so the line means "have another toast with you".