火力全開 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 王力宏

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

打倒帝國主義

Overthrow imperialism

不願再做奴隸

No longer willing to be a slave

我家大門被入侵

My home's front door has been invaded

你說lady卡卡

You say Lady Gaga

我說何必怕她

I say, why be afraid of her

喔喔喔喔喔喔喔

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

別向她們磕頭

Don't bow to them

文化是武器

Culture is a weapon

埋在每根神經

Buried in every nerve

被優人神鼓打醒

Awakened by the Heavenly Drummers

絕不允許失敗

Failure is not an option

勝利不必等待

Victory doesn't need to wait

因為music man的到來

Because of the arrival of the Music Man

忽然間整個世界開始在搖擺

Suddenly the whole world starts to sway

節奏和音樂入侵了血脈

Rhythm and music invade our veins

這次的戰略是火力全開

This time, the strategy is full throttle

火力全開 火力全開 火力全開

Full throttle, full throttle, full throttle

So many accusations of an Asian invasion

So many accusations of an Asian invasion

Here they come a point'n fingers at me

Here they come, pointing fingers at me

Prayin' on a mass emotion

Prayin' on a mass emotion

Stirrin' up a big commotion

Stirring up a big commotion

Trying to assign responsibilities

Trying to assign responsibilities

Gonna stop this negativity

Gonna stop this negativity

Turn it into positivity with integrity

Turn it into positivity with integrity

Give it all of me

Give it all of me

For all to see

For everyone to see

This fight for equality

This fight for equality

But even if they blame us

But even if they blame us

Try to frame us but nobody can shame us

Try to frame us, but no one can shame us

I'm a sing this next verse in Chinese

I'm gonna sing this next verse in Chinese

忽然間整個世界開始在搖擺

Suddenly the whole world starts to sway

節奏和音樂入侵了血脈

Rhythm and music invade our veins

這次的戰略是火力全開

This time, the strategy is full throttle

火力全開 火力全開 火力全開

Full throttle, full throttle, full throttle

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
帝國主義 /dì guó zhǔ yì/ B2	noun - imperialism
奴隸 /nú lì/ B1	noun - slave
文化 /wén huà/ A2	noun - culture
武器 /wǔ qì/ B1	noun - weapon
勝利 /shèng lì/ B1	noun - victory
音樂 /yīn yuè/ A1	noun - music
戰略 /zhàn luè/ B2	noun - strategy
火力 /huǒ lì/ B2	noun - firepower
世界 /shì jiè/ A1	noun - world
搖擺 /yáo bǎi/ B1	verb - to sway
情感 /qíng gǎn/ B2	noun - emotion
責任 /zé rèn/ B2	noun - responsibility
平等 /píng děng/ B2	noun - equality
積極 /jī jí/ B2	adjective - positive
負面 /fù miàn/ B2	adjective - negative

Key Grammar Structures

• 不願再做奴隸

  ➔ Expressing desire with the structure "不願再 + verb" (not willing to do something anymore).

  ➔ The structure "不願再" indicates a refusal or lack of willingness to continue doing the action.

• 被優人神鼓打醒

  ➔ Passive voice construction "被 + agent + verb" to indicate being acted upon.

  ➔ This structure shows that the subject is acted upon by the agent '優人神鼓' and highlights the passive form.

• 勝利不必等待

  ➔ Using "不必 + verb" to indicate that an action is unnecessary or not required.

  ➔ The phrase indicates that there is no need to wait for victory; victory can be achieved without delay.

• 忽然間整個世界開始在搖擺

  ➔ Adverb "忽然間" (suddenly) combined with the verb "開始" (begin) to describe a sudden change.

  ➔ The adverb "忽然間" emphasizes a sudden occurrence, and with "開始" it indicates the sudden start of an action.

• 文化是武器

  ➔ Using "是" (is) to equate culture with a weapon as a metaphor.

  ➔ The verb "是" (is) is used here metaphorically to equate culture with a weapon, emphasizing its power.

• 這次的戰略是火力全開

  ➔ Using "是" (is) to define or identify the strategic approach as 'firepower fully active'.

  ➔ The sentence employs "是" to affirm and define the strategy as 'full firepower,' emphasizing intensity.