刚好遇见你 – Bilingual Lyrics Vietnamese/English

• By: Cao Tiến, Lý Ngọc Cương
• Album: 刚好遇见你

Lyrics & Translation

This beloved Chinese song, "刚好遇见你," offers a beautiful way to connect with Mandarin. Its clear, evocative lyrics and soothing melody make it perfect for understanding common expressions about fate, relationships, and cherishing life's precious moments, allowing learners to appreciate both the language and Chinese cultural sentiments.

[English]

We cried, we laughed

We looked up at the sky

A few stars are still shining

We sing a song of time

Only then do we understand how to embrace each other

What is it all for?

Because I happened to meet you

Leaving footprints makes it beautiful

The wind blows, petals fall, tears like rain

Because I don’t want to part

Because I happened to meet you

Leaving a ten‑year promise

If we meet again

I think I will remember you

We cried, we laughed

We looked up at the sky

A few stars are still shining

We sing a song of time

Only then do we understand how to embrace each other

What is it all for?

Because I happened to meet you

Leaving footprints makes it beautiful

The wind blows, petals fall, tears like rain

Because I don’t want to part

Because I happened to meet you

Leaving a ten‑year promise

If we meet again

I think I will remember you

Because I happened to meet you

Leaving footprints makes it beautiful

The wind blows, petals fall, tears like rain

Because I don’t want to part

Because I happened to meet you

Leaving a ten‑year promise

If we meet again

I think I will remember you

Because I happened to meet you

Leaving footprints makes it beautiful

The wind blows, petals fall, tears like rain

Because I don’t want to part

Because I happened to meet you

Leaving a ten‑year promise

If we meet again

I think I will remember you

[Vietnamese]

我们哭了我们笑着

我们抬头望天空

星星还亮着几颗

我们唱着时间的歌

才懂得相互拥抱

到底是爲了什麽

因爲我刚好遇见你

留下足迹才美丽

风吹花落泪如雨

因爲不想分离

因爲刚好遇见你

留下十年的期许

如果再相遇

我想我会记得你

我们哭了 我们笑着

我们抬头望天空

星星还亮着几颗

我们唱着 时间的歌

才懂得相互拥抱

到底是爲了什麽

因爲我刚好遇见你

留下足迹才美丽

风吹花落泪如雨

因爲不想分离

因爲刚好遇见你

留下十年的期许

如果再相遇

我想我会记得你

因爲刚好遇见你

留下足迹才美丽

风吹花落泪如雨

因爲不想分离

因爲刚好遇见你

留下十年的期许

如果再相遇

我想我会记得你

因爲刚好遇见你

留下足迹才美丽

风吹花落泪如雨

因爲不想分离

因爲刚好遇见你

留下十年的期许

如果再相遇

我想我会记得你

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
遇见 /yùjiàn/ A2	verb - to meet
留下 /liúxià/ A2	verb - to leave behind
足迹 /zújì/ B1	noun - footprint
美丽 /měilì/ A2	adjective - beautiful
风吹 /fēngchuī/ B1	verb - wind blows
花落 /huālù/ B1	verb - flowers fall
泪 /lèi/ A2	noun - tear
雨 /yǔ/ A1	noun - rain
分离 /fēnlí/ B1	verb - to separate
期许 /qīxǔ/ B2	noun - expectation
相遇 /xiāngyù/ B1	verb - to meet each other
记得 /jìde/ A2	verb - to remember
哭 /kū/ A1	verb - to cry
笑 /xiào/ A1	verb - to laugh
抬头 /táitóu/ B1	verb - to look up
星星 /xīngxing/ A1	noun - star
亮 /liàng/ A2	verb - to shine
时间 /shíjiān/ A1	noun - time
拥抱 /yōngbào/ A2	verb - to hug
十年 /shínián/ A1	noun - ten years

Key Grammar Structures

• 我们哭了我们笑着

  ➔ Present Perfect + Verb (no subject change)

  ➔ The sentence uses the present perfect to describe actions (crying and laughing) that happened in the past but are relevant to the present.

• 星星还亮着几颗

  ➔ Present Continuous + Measure Word

  ➔ The present continuous is used to describe an ongoing action ('still shining'), and '几颗' (a few) is a measure word for counting stars.

• 才懂得相互拥抱

  ➔ Adverb '才' + Verb

  ➔ The adverb '才' (cái) indicates a realization or understanding that comes after an experience, emphasizing '相互拥抱' (mutual embrace).

• 因爲我刚好遇见你

  ➔ Conjunction '因为' + Past Tense

  ➔ The conjunction '因为' (yīnwèi) introduces a reason, followed by the past tense '遇见' (met) to explain the cause of the emotion.

• 留下足迹才美丽

  ➔ Verb-Object + Adjective

  ➔ The structure '留下足迹' (leave footprints) is a verb-object phrase, followed by the adjective '美丽' (beautiful) to express the result.

• 如果再相遇

  ➔ Conditional '如果' + Future Tense

  ➔ The conditional '如果' (rúguǒ) introduces a hypothetical situation, followed by the future tense '再相遇' (meet again) to express a possibility.