火力全開

• By: 王力宏

Lyrics:

[中文]

[English]

打倒帝國主義

Defeat imperialism

不願再做奴隸

No longer willing to be a slave

我家大門被入侵

My front door has been invaded

你說lady卡卡

You mentioned Lady Gaga

我說何必怕她

I said, 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 beat of the drums

絕不允許失敗

Failure is absolutely not allowed

勝利不必等待

Victory doesn't have 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 the bloodstream

這次的戰略是火力全開

This time the strategy is full firepower

火力全開 火力全開 火力全開

Full firepower, full firepower, full firepower

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

Praying 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 all 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 nobody 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 the bloodstream

這次的戰略是火力全開

This time the strategy is full firepower

火力全開 火力全開 火力全開

Full firepower, full firepower, full firepower

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
打倒 /dǎ dǎo/ B2	verb - to strike down; to defeat; to overthrow
奴隸 /nú lì/ B1	noun - slave
入侵 /rù qīn/ B2	verb - to invade
文化 /wén huà/ A2	noun - culture
武器 /wǔ qì/ B1	noun - weapon
神經 /shén jīng/ B1	noun - nerve
失敗 /shī bài/ A2	verb - to fail noun - failure
勝利 /shèng lì/ B1	noun - victory
世界 /shì jiè/ A1	noun - world
搖擺 /yáo bǎi/ B2	verb - to sway; to rock
節奏 /jié zòu/ B1	noun - rhythm
音樂 /yīn yuè/ A1	noun - music
血脈 /xuè mài/ C1	noun - bloodline; bloodstream
戰略 /zhàn lüè/ B2	noun - strategy
火力 /huǒ lì/ B2	noun - firepower

Grammar:

• 打倒帝國主義

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The sentence is a command. "打倒" means "overthrow" or "down with". It's an imperative verb being used.

• 不願再做奴隸

  ➔ Modal Verb + Adverb + Verb

  ➔ "不願" (bu yuan) is a modal verb (unwilling), "再" (zai) is an adverb (again), and "做" (zuo) is the verb (to do/be).

• 我家大門被入侵

  ➔ Passive Voice

  ➔ "被" (bei) indicates the passive voice. "我家大門" (My home's gate) is the subject being acted upon (invaded).

• 你說lady卡卡

  ➔ Direct Speech

  ➔ This is direct speech as the artist is conveying what someone else said directly, without alteration.

• 別向她們磕頭

  ➔ Negative Imperative

  ➔ "別" (bié) indicates a negative imperative. It means "don't".

• 埋在每根神經

  ➔ Passive voice with a preposition

  ➔ While not explicitly using 被, it implies something is "being buried" in every nerve. The preposition 在 (zai) connects the action to the location.

• 勝利不必等待

  ➔ Adverb of Necessity/Possibility + Verb

  ➔ "不必" (bu bi) means "not necessary" or "need not". It modifies the verb "等待" (deng dai) which means "wait".

• Stirrin' up a big commotion

  ➔ Present Participle as Verb

  ➔ "Stirrin'" is the shortened version of "stirring", and here functions as the main verb of the clause. It creates a sense of ongoing action.