 Site Contents
More Songs | Chinese Poetry | Chinese Riddles | Chinese Essays | Help | About this Website | Links | Forums |
|
男兒當自強
naam4 ji4 dong1 zi6 koeng4"Exert Oneself to be a Hero" or "A Man should Strive" (this is the lyrical version of the Wong Fei Hung theme, sung by George Lam for the film "Once Upon a Time in China", starring Jet Li) |
|
傲氣傲笑萬重浪 / 熱血熱勝紅日光 ngou6 hei3 ngou6 siu3 maan6 cung5 long6 / jit6 hyut3 jit6 sing1 hung4 jat6 gwong1 defiantly laughing at ten thousand waves (= trials and tribulations) / with righteous ardour burning hotter than the sun 膽似鐵打 / 骨似精鋼 daam2 ci5 tit3 da1 / gwat1 ci5 zing1 gong1 gall (=courage) forged of iron / bones (=character) of steel 胸襟百千丈 眼光萬里長 hung1 kam1 baak3 cin1 zoeng6 ngaan5 gwong1 maan6 leoi5 coeng4 broad-minded and far-sighted 誓奮發自強 做好漢 sai6 fan5 faat3 zi6 koeng4 zou6 hou2 hon3 I vow to exert myself to strive to be a hero 做個好漢子 每天要自強 zou6 go3 hou2 hon3 zi2 mui5 tin1 jiu1 zi6 koeng4 to be a great hero, one must exert oneself everyday 熱血男子 熱勝紅日光 jit6 hyut3 naam4 zi2 jit6 sing1 hung4 jat6 gwong1 the zeal of a man burns hotter than the sun ＊讓海天為我聚能量 / 去開天闢地 joeng6 hoi2 tin1 wai4 ngo5 zeoi6 nang4 loeng4 heoi3 hoi1 tin1 pik1 dei6 I gather the power of the skies and the seas / to separate heaven and earth 為我理想去闖 wai4 ngo5 lei5 soeng2 heoi3 cong2 that I might charge towards my ideals 看碧波高壯 hon3 bik1 bo1 gou1 zong3 look at the blue waves high and mighty, 又看碧空廣闊浩氣揚 jau6 hon3 bik1 hung1 gwong2 fut3 hou6 hei3 joeng4 and also at the blue skies broad and wide raising my spirit 既是男兒當自強 gei3 si6 naam4 ji4 dong1 zi6 koeng4 as a man of determination 昂步挺胸大家作棟樑 做好漢 ngong4 bou6 ting5 hung1 daai6 ga1 zok3 dung3 loeng4 zou6 hou2 hon3 striding boldly with one's chest out, everyone should be a great man (like beams holding up the nation) 用我百點熱 耀出千分光 jung6 ngo5 baak3 dim2 jit6 jiu6 ceot1 cin1 fan1 gwong1 use me to ignite a hundred spirits, shining with a thousand rays 做個好漢子 / 熱血熱腸熱 / 熱勝紅日光 zou6 go3 hou2 hon3 zi2 jit6 hyut3 jit6 coeng4 jit6 jit6 sing1 hung4 jat6 gwong1 to be a great hero / one's zeal must burn with ardour / brighter than the red sun 重唱＊ cung5 coeng3 (sing again) |
|
Many thanks to Radagasty for his stirring translation - the original thread discussing this song is here. |
|