Chinese Pop Song "城裡的月光" (Cheng Li De Yueguang, Moonlight in Town" By Mavis Hee and The Double Tenth Day

October 11, 2009

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Song Title: 城裡的月光(城里的月光,Chéng Lǐ De Yuèguāng, Moonlight in Town)

Another beautiful song about moon by Mavis Hee. Visit MavisHee.com for her photos and albums...etc.


歌詞, 繁體 中文, 簡體 中文, 拼音 和 英文 翻譯:
歌词, 繁体 中文, 简体 中文, 拼音 和 英文 翻译:
Gēcí, fántǐ zhōngwén，jiǎntǐ zhōngwén, pīnyīn hé yīngwén fānyì:
Lyrics in traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, pinyin and English translations:
(The translations are done by the Chinese character order so the grammar may not be proper. If you have any question about the lyrics, please leave a reply/comment below this post, I will answer you as soon as I can):

1.
每  顆  心 上  某  一 個  地方
每 颗 心 上 某 一 个 地方
Měi kē xīn shàng mǒu yī gè dìfāng,  
Each mind some one place
 
總  有 個  記憶  揮  不 散
总 有 个 记忆 挥 不 散
Zǒng yǒu gè jìyì huī bú sàn
Always has a memory wipe not away
 
每 個  深  夜  某  一 個  地方
每 个 深 夜 某 一 个 地方
Měi gè shēn yè mǒu yī gè dìfāng
Each late night some one place
 
總  有著  最深的  思量
总 有著 最深的  思量
Zǒng yǒuzhe zuìshēnde sīliang
Always has the deepest thoughts

世間  萬千的 變幻
世间 万千的 变幻
Shìjiān wànqiānde biànhuàn
This world Thousands changes
 
愛  把 有情的人  分  兩  端
爱 把 有情的人 分 两 端
Aì bǎ yǒuqíngderén fèn liǎng duān
Love the lovers separate two ends
 
心  若  知道  靈犀的 方向
心 若 知道 灵犀的 方向
Xīn ruò zhīdào língxīde fāngxiàng
Hearts if know the minds‘ directions
 
哪 怕  不能夠  朝  夕  相伴
哪 怕 不能够 朝 夕 相伴
Nǎ pà bú nénggòu zhāo xī xiàngbàn
Why afraid can't day night accompany
 
2.
城  裡 的  月光  把 夢  照亮
城 里 的 月光 把 梦 照亮
Chéng lǐ de yuèguāng bǎ mèng zhàoliàng
Town inside moonlight dream brighten
(The moonlight in town brightens the dream)

請 溫暖  他  心房
请 温暖 他 心房
Qǐng wēnnuǎn tā xīnfáng
Please warm his heart
 
看透了 人間  聚  散
看透了 人间 聚 散
Kàntòule rénjiān jù sàn
Seeing the world meeting and parting
 
能  不能 多點  快樂  片段
能 不能 多点 快乐 片段
Néng bùnéng duō diǎn kuàilè piànduàn
Can not can some more happy period

城  裡 的  月光  把 夢  照亮城 里 的 月光 把 梦 照亮
Chéng lǐ de yuèguāng bǎ mèng zhàoliàng
Town inside moonlight dream brighten
(The moonlight in town brightens the dream)
 
請 守護  它  身旁
请 守护 它 身旁
Qǐng shǒuhù tā shēnpáng
Please guard at its side
 
若  有一天 能  重逢 
若 有一天 能 重逢 
Ruò yǒuyītiān néng chóngféng
If someday can meet again
 
讓  幸福 撒滿  整個  夜晚
让 幸福 撒满 整个 夜晚 
Ràng xìngfú sǎmǎn zhěnggè yèwǎn
Let happiness scattered whole night
 
Repeat 1, 2, 2

若  有一天 能  重逢
若 有一天 能 重逢
Ruò yǒuyītiān néng chóngféng
If someday can meet again

讓  幸福  撒滿 整個  夜晚
让 幸福 撒满 整个 夜晚
Ràng xìngfú sǎmǎn zhěnggè yèwǎn 
Let happiness scattered whole night






Yesterday was Shuang Shi Jie (Double Tenth Day), Taiwan's 98-year-old birthday. Due to Typhoon Morakot in August, the government canceled the celebration activities they used to do every year. They use the funds for the activities to help the disaster reconstruction. I think they did the right thing.

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中秋節 (Zhongqiu Jie, Moon Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival)

October 03, 2009

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** New: Move your cursor on the greens, you'll see the traditional Chinese characters.
Well, it's one of my favorite festivals - "Zhōngqiū Jié" ( Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival ), falls on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar.
Why? Because those mooncakes and pomelos! But most importantly, being together with our love and family while enjoying all kinds of fine food and appreciating the beautiful full moon.

There are different versions of stories behind the festival. Please click on the links above to visit.

One of the fun things to do is to make pomelo hat for your pets, kids or yourself, visit here, here and here. Pomelo hat creation, visit here.

The best song for this day is of course "Yuèliàng Dàibiǎo Wǒde Xīn " (The Moon Represents My Heart). Visit HERE. But I'll post another song next time.

Vocabularies of the day:

Zhōngqiū Jié: Mid-Autumn Festival
Zhōngqiū Jié kuàilè: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival
yuèbǐng: mooncake
yòuzi: pomelo
yòuzimào: pomelo hat


Conversation of the day:

Nǚhái ( The girl ): Yuèliàng hǎo měi a! ( The moon is so beautiful! )
Nánhái ( The boy ): Wǒ dài nǐ qù! ( I'll take you there! )
Nǚhái ( The girl ): Zhēn de ma? ( Really? )
Yuèliàng ( The moon ):
Zhù nǐ yǒu gè měihǎo de Zhōngqiū! ( Wish you have a fine Mid-Autumn Festival! )


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Chinese Pop Song "感恩的心" (Ganen De Xin, Grateful Heart) By Ouyang, Feifei

September 30, 2009

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This is a song that you can sing to anyone whom you want to show your great appreciation to.
Can you think of anyone that you want to sing this song to? I bet he/she will be touched!
Hint: You can sing to me. I'll flood you with my lovely tears. :P

Title: "Ganen De Xin" (Grateful Heart)

Singer: Ouyang, Feifei ( The link to her page is in Chinese and sorry that I could not find any English site of her. HERE's a free tool you can copy the Chinese sentences and paste them in the box. It'll show you pinyin and translation. She's a very famous pop singer in Taiwan and Japan. Born in Taiwan, 1954. )

** New: Go HERE for musical stave with simplified Chinese character lyrics. Please let me know if it's helpful for you. I'll update my previous posts with this if I can find them in their data base if you think it's helpful.

Subtitle in the video: Traditional Chinese characters.



Lyrics in pinyin and translation:

"Ganende Xin" (Grateful Heart)

1.
Wǒ lái zì ǒurán, ( I came from random, ) 
Xiàng yī kē chéntǔ, ( Like a dust, )
Yǒu sheí kàn chū wǒde cuìruò? ( Have anyone seen my weekness? )
Wǒ lái zì héfāng? ( Where did I come from? )
Wǒ qíng guī héchù? ( Where will my feeling return to? )
Sheí zài xià yī kè hūhuàn wǒ? ( Who will call me the next moment? )

2.
Tiāndì suī kuān, ( Althoug the world is wide, )
Zhè tiáo lù què nánzǒu, ( This road is difficult to walk, )
Wǒ kàn biàn zhè rénjiān, ( I see all over the world, )
Kǎnkě, xīnkǔ, ( Rough, toilsom, )
Wǒ hái yǒu duōshǎo ài? ( How much love do I still have? )
Wǒ hái yǒu duōshǎo lèi? ( How much tears do I still have? )
Yào cāngtiān zhīdào, ( Let the firmament knows, )
Wǒ bú rènshū. ( I won't give up. )

3.
Gǎnēnde xīn, ( Grateful heart, )
Gǎnxiè yǒu nǐ, ( Thanks that I have you, )
Bàn wǒ yī shēng, ( Accompanies my life, )
Ràng wǒ yǒu yǒngqì zuò wǒzìjǐ, ( Let me have the courage to be myself, )
Gǎnēnde xīn, ( Grateful heart, )
Gǎnxiè mìngyùn, ( Thanks to the destiny, )
Huā kāi huā luò, ( The flowers bloom or fall, )
Wǒ yīyàng huì zhēnxī. ( I'll always cherish. )

Repeat 1,2,3,3

** New: I put the tone marks in the lyrics this time. But if you try to copy
the pinyin with tone marks and paste to dictionaries, there seems no
one out there could translate pinyin with tone marks.
I'm still looking and thinking if I should post pinyin with tone marks.
Would you like me to do the same in my privious and future posts?

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It's 教師節 (Jiaoshi Jie, Teachers' Day)!

September 28, 2009
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It's Teachers' Day in Taiwan! Do you have Teachers' Day in your country?
What do you do on that day?

In Taiwan, we show our appreciation to our teachers mostly with cards.
There's also festival celebration in the temples of Confucius around the island and overseas, known as the "Grand Ceremony Dedicated to Confucius" or "Confucius Memorial Service".
Confucius is known as "Zhìshèngxiānshī" (The Most Sage Venerated Late Teacher) and also "Wànshìshībiǎo" (Role Model for Teachers through the Ages). His teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced many Asian people's thoughts and life.
Below is a video of one of the "Confucius Memorial Service" in Taipei Confucius Temple and one in San Francisco in 2008.

Video title: "Taiwan Hongguan Dianshi TMACTV Jikongdadian"
( Taiwan Macroview TV TMACTV Confucius Memorial Ceremony)
The 3 Chinese characters on the screen before you play the video: "Bayiwu"
( Eight-Row Dance). CLICK HERE then scroll down to "Worship" section to see the detail.





Conversation of the day ( pinyin & translation ):

Xuesheng men: Qinai de laoshi Jiaoshijie kuaile!
( Students: Dear teacher, Happy Teachers' Day! )
Laoshi: Xiexie nimen!
( Teacher: Thanks to you all! )
Xuesheng men: Zhe shi song gei nin de kapian.( Students: This is a card for you.)Laoshi: Wa! Xiexie nimen de kapian!
( Teacher: Wow! Thanks for your card! )


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I'll be sharing a song "Grateful Heart" in the next post. Stay tuned!

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Chinese Children Song "大象" (Da Xiang, Big Elephant)

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