我醒著做夢

• By: 張學友
• Album: 我醒著做夢

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
熟睡 /ʃú shùi/ B2	verb - to sleep soundly, to be fast asleep
笑容 /xiào róng/ A2	noun - smile
單純 /dān chún/ B1	adjective - simple, pure
浪漫 /làng màn/ B1	adjective - romantic
現實 /xiàn shí/ B1	noun - reality
鬧鐘 /nào zhōng/ A1	noun - alarm clock
異夢 /yì mèng/ B2	noun - different dreams, conflicting ambitions
醒 /xǐng/ A1	verb - to wake up, to be awake
夢 /mèng/ A1	noun - dream
痛 /tòng/ A1	adjective - painful
感動 /gǎn dòng/ B1	verb - to move (someone to tears)
誓言 /shì yán/ B2	noun - oath, vow
喉嚨 /hóu lóng/ A2	noun - throat
永遠 /yǒng yuǎn/ A2	adjective - eternal, forever
天空 /tiān kōng/ A1	noun - sky
彩虹 /cǎi hóng/ A2	noun - rainbow
世界 /shì jiè/ A1	noun - world
惶恐 /huáng kǒng/ C1	adjective - apprehensive, fearful
烈日 /liè rì/ B2	noun - scorching sun
感情 /gǎn qíng/ A2	noun - emotion, feeling
懵懂 /měng dǒng/ C1	adjective - muddled, ignorant

Grammar:

• 以為愛 很單純

  ➔ Use of '以為' to mean 'thought' or 'believed' in the past tense.

  ➔ '以為' means 'thought' or 'believed', indicating a misconception or assumption about something that was held in the past.

• 只有在夢中 哪怕喊破喉嚨

  ➔ Use of '只有在...才...' to express 'only when... then...'.

  ➔ '只有在...才...' indicates that something happens exclusively under certain conditions; in this case, only in dreams.

• 誓言像夢話

  ➔ Use of '像' to compare '誓言' (vow) to '夢話' (dream talk) as a simile.

  ➔ '像' means 'like' or 'as' and is used to make comparisons between two things, here between vows and dream talk.

• 我醒著做夢

  ➔ Use of '醒著' (awake) with '做夢' (dream) to express the paradox of dreaming while being awake.

  ➔ '醒著' means 'awake' and combined with '做夢' (dream) it emphasizes the paradox of dreaming mentally while physically awake.

• 誓言像夢話

  ➔ Use of '像' to compare '誓言' (vows) to '夢話' (dream talk).

  ➔ '像' functions as 'like' or 'as' to draw a comparison between vows and speech made in dreams, implying their fragility or unreal nature.