年少有為 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 李榮浩
• Album: 第5張創作專輯-全新復古概念系列

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic and emotional journey with Li Ronghao's "年少有為" (If I Were Young). This Mandopop ballad offers a beautiful way to connect with Chinese through its heartfelt lyrics about youthful regret and the bittersweet pangs of lost love. You can learn poetic expressions of longing and reflection, as the song's universal themes of 'what if' and 'if only' are expressed with evocative Mandarin phrases, making it an excellent piece for understanding nuanced emotions in the language.

[English]

When I earn money someday

I'll buy you a big house

A beautiful car and a big diamond

Whatever you like, I’ll buy for you

Now I have all these things

But I forget what it feels like to truly love someone

I just miss you so much

Youthful and capable, Li Ronghao

The TV keeps flashing

I haven’t even deleted my contact info

How well you treated me

But I accidentally ruined it

We used to dream together

Of a place to sleep and eat

But how can we stay up all night and day

Can't even save enough for the down payment

I smashed the wall panel

And it’s still not fixed

A bowl of hot porridge

You worried I wouldn’t have enough

Left half for yourself

Let me describe

All the good things ahead, your eyes will often turn red

It turns out you feel heartache for me

Back then I didn’t understand

If only I was young and capable, not self-conscious

And knew what was precious

Those beautiful dreams

I haven't given you, I feel guilty for a lifetime

If only I was young and capable, knowing when to step back

I wouldn’t let you suffer for me

At the wedding, have a few more drinks

With the person you’re with now

We used to dream together

Of a place to sleep and eat

But how can we stay up all night and day

Can't even save enough for the down payment

I smashed the wall panel

And it’s still not fixed

A bowl of hot porridge

You worried I wouldn’t have enough

Left half for yourself

Let me describe

All the good things ahead, your eyes will often turn red

It turns out you feel heartache for me

Back then I didn’t understand

If only I was young and capable, not self-conscious

And knew what was precious

Those beautiful dreams

I haven't given you, I feel guilty for a lifetime

If only I was young and capable, knowing when to step back

I wouldn’t let you suffer for me

At the wedding, have a few more drinks

With the person you’re with now

If I was young and capable, not self-conscious

Tasting the bitterness of regret

Money and status

Once gained, I want to take them back

If only I was young and capable, knowing when to step back

I wouldn’t let you suffer for me

At the wedding, have a few more drinks

With the person you’re with now

At the wedding, have a few more drinks

Hope I’m young and capable

[Chinese]

等我以後賺到錢

我就給你買大房子

漂亮的車子大大的鑽石

你喜歡什麼我都買給你

現在這些我都有了

卻忘了愛一個人是什麼感覺

只是我好想你

年少有為 李榮浩

電視一直閃

聯絡方式都還沒刪

你待我的好

我卻錯手毀掉

也曾一起想

有個地方睡覺吃飯

可怎麼去熬日夜顛倒

連頭款也湊不到

牆板 被我砸爛

到現在還沒修

一碗熱的粥

你怕我沒夠

都留一半帶走

給你形容

美好今後你常常眼睛會紅

原來心疼我

我那時候不懂

假如我年少有為不自卑

懂得什麼是珍貴

那些美夢

沒給你 我一生有愧

假如我年少有為 知進退

才不會讓你替我受罪

婚禮上 多喝幾杯

和你現在那位

也曾一起想

有個地方睡覺吃飯

可怎麼去熬日夜顛倒

連頭款也湊不到

牆板 被我砸爛

到現在還沒修

一碗熱的粥

你怕我沒夠

都留一半帶走

給你形容

美好今後你常常眼睛會紅

原來心疼我

我那時候不懂

假如我年少有為不自卑

懂得什麼是珍貴

那些美夢

沒給你 我一生有愧

假如我年少有為 知進退

才不會讓你替我受罪

婚禮上 多喝幾杯

和你現在那位

假如我年少有為不自卑

嘗過後悔的滋味

金錢地位

搏到了卻好想退回

假如我年少有為 知進退

才不會讓你替我受罪

婚禮上 多喝幾杯

和你現在那位

在婚禮上 多喝幾杯

祝我年少有為

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
賺 /zhuàn/ B1	verb - to earn
房子 /fángzi/ A1	noun - house
車子 /chēzi/ A1	noun - car
鑽石 /zuànshí/ A2	noun - diamond
喜歡 /xǐhuān/ A1	verb - to like
忘 /wàng/ A2	verb - to forget
愛 /ài/ A1	verb - to love
好想 /hǎoxiǎng/ A2	verb - to miss
聯絡 /liánluò/ B1	noun - contact
砸爛 /zá làn/ B2	verb - to smash
修 /xiū/ A2	verb - to repair
粥 /zhōu/ A2	noun - porridge
心疼 /xīnténg/ B1	verb - to feel distressed for
珍貴 /zhēnguì/ B1	adjective - precious
愧 /kuì/ B2	verb - to feel guilty
進退 /jìn tuì/ C1	noun - advancing and retreating
後悔 /hòuhuǐ/ A2	verb - to regret
地位 /dìwèi/ B1	noun - status
搏 /bó/ B2	verb - to strive for
退回 /tuìhuí/ B1	verb - to return

Key Grammar Structures

• 假如我年少有為不自卑

  ➔ Conditional sentence with '假如' (if) assuming hypothetical past

  ➔ "假如" introduces a hypothetical condition assuming past scenarios where success as a youth came without inferiority.

• 等我以後賺到錢

  ➔ Future time expression with '等...以後' (waiting until later)

  ➔ "等我" "以後" indicates waiting for the speaker to "賺到錢" in the future before performing an action.

• 牆板 被我砸爛

  ➔ Passive voice with '被' (by)

  ➔ "牆板" "被我" "砸爛" shows the wallboard as the object "smashed" passively by the speaker.

• 你怕我沒夠

  ➔ Expressing fear or worry with '怕' (be afraid that)

  ➔ "你" "怕" indicates the listener's "恐" (fear) that the speaker "沒夠" (not have enough).

• 可怎麼去熬日夜顛倒

  ➔ Rhetorical question with '怎麼去' (how to)

  ➔ "可" "怎麼去" "熬" expresses a rhetorical doubt on how to "熬" (endure) the upside-down days and nights.

• 我那時候不懂

  ➔ Referring to past with '那時候' (at that time)

  ➔ "我" "那時候" "不懂" specifies that the speaker "didn't understand" during "that time" in the past.

• 那些美夢沒給你

  ➔ Negative action with object using '沒給' (didn't give)

  ➔ "那些美夢" "沒給" "你" expresses that the beautiful dreams were "not given" to the listener.

• 才不會讓你替我受罪

  ➔ Emphatic concession with '才不會' (only then not)

  ➔ "才不會" "讓你" "替我受罪" conveys that "only then" would the listener not be made to "suffer" for the speaker.

• 原來心疼我

  ➔ Realization with '原來' (so it was)

  ➔ "原來" "心疼我" reveals the realization that "it was" the listener who "cherished" the speaker.

• 到現在還沒修

  ➔ Ongoing state up to now with '到現在還沒' (until now still not)

  ➔ "到現在" "還沒" "修" indicates that "until now" the wallboard is "still not" "fixed".