K歌之王 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳奕迅

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a unique language-learning journey with Eason Chan's 'K歌之王'. This song is special because its lyrics are cleverly composed of numerous other famous Chinese song titles. For learners, this provides a fantastic opportunity to get acquainted with a wide array of classic C-pop songs and artists, essentially offering a mini-anthology of popular music within a single ballad. Deciphering the embedded song titles is a fun challenge that will expand your vocabulary and cultural knowledge of the Mandopop and Cantopop scenes.

[English]

If my singing isn't moving enough, please don't frown.

I'm willing to vow to you until death.

I just want to playfully sing and wander into the next century.

Please don't mind my offering you this sentimentality.

What else can I rely on? If an embrace can't excite you,

I'll cheaply sing the sensuality written in love songs.

What else can I rely on? If love can't move people,

I'll use clichéd lyrics to stir your pity.

Who would believe in such shallow words as "a lifetime together?"

Come on, I'll give you a song that has made millions weep.

As if you've never heard vows, like a Ferris wheel of happiness,

Only then will I scream and shout for you, loving, loving, loving so much.

Casting all my painstaking efforts into the Milky Way.

Who is trash? Who can't bear to see me sad? Give me a bit of your pain.

...

When I sing from the heart, tears will flow.

If you're afraid of being sad, hold my hand.

I only have a thousand, ten thousand words to place in your heart.

It's simpler than longing for eternity, not even rare.

Who would believe in such shallow words as "a lifetime together?"

Come on, I'll give you a song that has made millions weep.

As if you've never heard vows, like a Ferris wheel of happiness,

Only then will I scream and shout for you, loving, loving, loving so much.

Forcefully writing 20 songs for you about not abandoning.

Also giving you a love that's excessive.

Energetically singing 20 songs for you with sincerity.

Even the microphone is moved by me.

No one can compare to me, how can you actually say that I am the King of Karaoke?

I just want to be immersed in a river of love with you in the future.

But your yawn is so absolute, so absolute that it melts me.

...

[Chinese]

我唱得不夠動人 你別皺眉

我願意和你約定至死

我只想嬉戲唱遊到下世紀

請你別嫌我將這煽情奉獻給你

還能憑甚麼? 擁抱若未能令你興奮

便宜地唱出寫在情歌的性感

還能憑甚麼? 要是愛不可感動人

俗套的歌詞 煽動你惻忍

誰人又相信一世一生這膚淺對白?

來吧 送給你叫幾百萬人流淚過的歌

如從未聽過誓言如幸福摩天輪

才令我因你要呼天叫地 愛愛愛愛那麼多

將我漫天心血一一拋到銀河

誰是垃圾? 誰不捨我難過? 分一丁目贈我

我唱出心裡話時 眼淚會流

要是怕難過抱住我手

我只得千語萬言放在你心

比渴望地老天荒更簡單 未算罕有

誰人又相信一世一生這膚淺對白?

來吧 送給你叫幾百萬人流淚過的歌

如從未聽過誓言如幸福摩天輪

才令我因你要呼天叫地 愛愛愛愛那麼多

給你用力作20首不捨不棄

還附送你愛得過火

給你賣力唱20首真心真意

米高峰都因我動容

無人及我 你怎麼竟然說 K 歌之王是我?

我只想跟你未來浸在愛河

而你那呵欠絕得不能絕 絕到溶掉我

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
唱 /chàng/ B1	verb - to sing
情歌 /qínggē/ B2	noun - love song
興奮 /xīngfèn/ B2	noun - excitement
愛 /ài/ A2	noun - love
毀滅 /huǐmiè/ C1	verb/noun - to destroy / destruction
幸福 /xìngfú/ B2	noun - happiness
流淚 /liúlèi/ B2	verb/noun - to shed tears / tears
心血 /xīnxiě/ C1	noun - heart's effort / blood, effort
誓言 /shìyán/ B2	noun - oath / vow
難過 /nánguò/ A2
攬 /lǎn/ B2	verb - to embrace / to hold
未來 /wèilái/ A2	noun - future
愛河 /ài hé/ C2	noun - Love River (figurative, poetic for love and romance)

Key Grammar Structures

• 我唱得不夠動人 你別皺眉

  ➔ Comparative structure

  ➔ The phrase "不夠動人" uses a comparative structure to express that the singing is not as moving as it could be.

• 我只想嬉戲唱遊到下世紀

  ➔ Desire expression with '只想'

  ➔ The phrase "只想" indicates a strong desire to do something, in this case, to play and sing.

• 誰人又相信一世一生這膚淺對白?

  ➔ Rhetorical question

  ➔ The line uses a rhetorical question to emphasize disbelief in the superficiality of love declarations.

• 來吧 送給你叫幾百萬人流淚過的歌

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The phrase "來吧" is an imperative, inviting someone to come and listen.

• 我只想跟你未來浸在愛河

  ➔ Future intention with '只想'

  ➔ The phrase expresses a future intention to be immersed in love, using '只想' to convey desire.

• 無人及我 你怎麼竟然說 K 歌之王是我?

  ➔ Contrastive structure

  ➔ The phrase contrasts the speaker's feelings of inadequacy with the unexpected praise they receive.

• 而你那呵欠絕得不能絕 絕到溶掉我

  ➔ Complex sentence structure

  ➔ The sentence uses a complex structure to convey deep emotions and the impact of the other person's actions.