愛拼才會贏 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 葉啟田

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Only by striving will you win.

If you lose your drive for a while, you can't help but complain.

If you’re down on your luck, you can't help but feel frightened.

That's when you lose hope.

Every day you wander around in a drunken haze.

Your body's here but your soul's gone, like a scarecrow.

Life is like waves on the ocean.

Sometimes they rise, sometimes they fall.

Good luck, bad luck,

Good luck, bad luck,

but you still have to keep working.

Thirty percent is up to fate,

seventy percent comes from hard work.

Only by striving will you win.

If you lose your drive for a while, you can't help but complain.

If you’re down on your luck, you can't help but feel frightened.

That's when you lose hope.

Every day you wander around in a drunken haze.

Your body's here but your soul's gone, like a scarecrow.

Life is like waves on the ocean.

Sometimes they rise, sometimes they fall.

Good luck, bad luck,

Good luck, bad luck,

but you still have to keep working.

Thirty percent is up to fate,

seventy percent comes from hard work.

Only by striving will you win.

If you lose your drive for a while, you can't help but complain.

If you’re down on your luck, you can't help but feel frightened.

That's when you lose hope.

Every day you wander around in a drunken haze.

Your body's here but your soul's gone, like a scarecrow.

Life is like waves on the ocean.

Sometimes they rise, sometimes they fall.

Good luck, bad luck,

Good luck, bad luck,

but you still have to keep working.

Thirty percent is up to fate,

seventy percent comes from hard work.

Only by striving will you win.

Only by striving will you win.

[Chinese]

爱拼才会赢

一时失志不免怨叹

一时落魄不免胆寒

那通失去希望

每日醉茫茫

无魂有体亲像稻草人

人生可比是海上的波浪

有时起有时落

好运 歹运

好运 歹运

总嘛要照起工来行

三分天注定

七分靠打拼

爱拼才会赢

一时失志不免怨叹

一时落魄不免胆寒

那通失去希望

每日醉茫茫

无魂有体亲像稻草人

人生可比是海上的波浪

有时起有时落

好运 歹运

好运 歹运

总嘛要照起工来行

三分天注定

七分靠打拼

爱拼才会赢

一时失志不免怨叹

一时落魄不免胆寒

那通失去希望

每日醉茫茫

无魂有体亲像稻草人

人生可比是海上的波浪

有时起有时落

好运 歹运

好运 歹运

总嘛要照起工来行

三分天注定

七分靠打拼

爱拼才会赢

爱拼才会赢

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
拼 /pʰin/ B1	verb - to strive or fight for something
赢 /ying/ A2	verb - to win
失志 /shǐ zhì/ B2	verb - to lose ambition or spirit
落魄 /luò pò/ C1	adjective - down and out, in a state of decline
胆寒 /dǎn hán/ C1	adjective - fearful, chilled with fear
希望 /xī wàng/ A1	noun - hope
醉 /zuì/ B1	adjective - drunk
茫茫 /máng máng/ B2	adjective - vast and indistinct
稻草人 /dào cǎo rén/ A2	noun - scarecrow
人生 /rén shēng/ A1	noun - life
波浪 /bō làng/ A2	noun - waves
好运 /hǎo yùn/ A1	noun - good luck
歹运 /dǎi yùn/ B1	noun - bad luck
天注定 /tiān zhù dìng/ B2	verb - to be predestined by heaven
打拼 /dǎ pīn/ B1	verb - to struggle or work hard

Key Grammar Structures

• 一时失志不免怨叹

  ➔ Use of '不免' to express something inevitable or hard to avoid.

  ➔ The word '不免' (inevitably) in '一时失志不免怨叹' shows that when one loses ambition, feeling resentful or sighing is hard to avoid.

• 人生可比是海上的波浪

  ➔ Use of '可比是' meaning 'can be compared to', forming a simile.

  ➔ The phrase '可比是' in '人生可比是海上的波浪' compares life to ocean waves, a metaphor for ups and downs.

• 有时起有时落

  ➔ Use of parallel structure '有时...有时...' to show contrast or alternation.

  ➔ The repetition '有时起有时落' highlights the changing nature of life — sometimes up, sometimes down.

• 总嘛要照起工来行

  ➔ Use of '总嘛要' to express that something must ultimately be done.

  ➔ In '总嘛要照起工来行', '总嘛要' emphasizes persistence — no matter what, one must keep working.

• 三分天注定 七分靠打拼

  ➔ Use of numerical parallelism to express proportional reasoning.

  ➔ The phrase '三分天注定 七分靠打拼' divides fate and effort in a 3:7 ratio, delivering a proverbial message.

• 无魂有体亲像稻草人

  ➔ Use of simile '亲像' (similar to 'like/as if').

  ➔ The word '亲像' in '无魂有体亲像稻草人' compares a lifeless person to a scarecrow.

• 那通失去希望

  ➔ Use of '那通' (Taiwanese Hokkien-influenced) meaning 'how can' or 'how could'.

  ➔ In '那通失去希望', '那通' questions how one could lose hope — conveying disbelief or encouragement.

• 爱拼才会赢

  ➔ Use of '才会' structure indicating conditional result: only if… then will….

  ➔ The structure '爱拼才会赢' shows cause and result: only by striving can one win.