Mandarin Music Monday #1 (WayV - Turn Back Time)
Hey everyone! 🌻 Since I have a little more time at hand right now I decided to start a little series where I translate songs in Mandarin Chinese. If you have questions about the vocabulary / grammar, general recommendations on how I can improve the posts or want to suggest songs to translate just let me know! (otherwise I’m just gonna do the songs that I like 😉 )
First song is gonna be Turn Back Time by WayV since it was their comeback last week and I know ya’ll like them. I put the official lyrics this time and added some vocab help.
光芒不转弯 直线不进则退 (退) 理所不当然 梦想无翼而飞 (起飞) 筑城一个世界 天选之人 (no no) 觉醒在无色间迈向进阶
光芒 guang1mang2 - rays of light
转弯 zhuan3wan1 - to go around a corner
则 ze2 - conjunction used to express contrast with previous clause (but, then)
退 tui4 - to retreat, move back
理所不当然 from 理所当然 li3suo3dang1ran2 - naturally
翼 yi4 - wings
筑城 zhu4cheng2 - fortification (here: to create)
天 tian1 - here: God
之 zhi1 - 的
觉醒 jue2xing3 - to awaken
迈向 mai4xiang4 - to stride towards
进阶 jin4jie1 - advanced
Light doesn’t turn around the corner, straight line turns back when it’s impossible to go forward. It’s only natural but it’s not. Dreams fly high without wings and create a world. The one chosen by the God, No no. Wake up in a transparent space ,go to a higher level.
下一个挑战向着时间行军 请辩论未知的命运定或未定
行军 xing2jun1 - to march
辩论 bian4lun4 - to argue over
未知 wei4zhi1 - unknown
命运 ming4yun4 - fate, destiny
定 ding4 - to set, decide
The next challenge marches towards time. Argue whether the unknown destiny will be decided.
倒回迟疑一秒 倒回后悔一秒 倒回松懈一秒 Limit, limit 超越野心一秒 超越坚持一秒 超越极限一秒 Get it, get it, uh
倒回 dao4hui2 - back
迟疑 chi2yi2 - to hesitate
一秒 yi1miao3 - one second, in an instant
松懈 song1xie4 - to relax
超越 chao1yue4 - to surpass, transcend
野心 ye3xin1 - ambition, greed
极限 ji2xian4 - limit
In an instant hesitate and go back, in an instant regret and go back, in an instant relax and go back. Limit, limit. In an instant transcend the greed, in an instant endure and go beyond, in an instant transcend the limit. Get it, get it uh.
地无疆 天无界 If we could turn back time 再启程 再回转 旅途名为超时空 回
疆 jiang1 - border, boundaries
界 jie4 - boundary, scope
启程 qi3cheng2 - to set out on a journey
回转 hui2zhuan3 - to turn round
名为 ming2wei2 - to be called
时空 shi2kong1 - time and space
There are no boundaries on the ground and the sky is limitless. If we could turn back time, make a new start and turn back. This journey is called transcending time and space.
Oh 重启自我 Minute by minute 往未来的路覆辙不再 Oh 无色觉醒过来 Turning back time 5-4-3-2
重启 chong2qi3 - to restart
自我 zi4wo3 - ego
覆辙 fu4zhe2 - track of an overturned cart, here: same old road to ruin
Oh start the ego again minute by minute. The path to the future wouldn’t be repeated. Oh my colorless consciousness wakes up turning back time 5432.
Stop rewind, turn back time Stop rewind, turn back time, 5-4-3-2 Stop (stop) rewind, turn back time (yeah got that) Stop (stop) rewind, turn back time
回顾那些错过 无数错过 在手中留下未熄的花火 那些循环因果 循环因果 能让懵懂改写为成熟 Yeah I'm a beast, don’t sweat it
回顾 hui2gu4 - to look back, review
错过 cuo4guo4 - to miss (an opportunity etc)
无数 wu2shu4 - countless
未熄 wei4xi1 - to have yet to be extinguished
循环 xun2huan2 - to cycle, circulate
因果 yin1guo3 - karma, cause and effect
懵懂 meng3dong3 - ignorant, stupid
成熟 cheng2shu2 - mature
Look back on what I’ve lost, countless things I’ve lost. I have flames still alive in my hands. Repeated cause and effects, repeated cause and effects. I rewrite my stupidity into maturity Yeah I’m a beast, don’t sweat it.
我会击败时间, go get it 要继续继续超频揭开秘密 时间的面目若拆穿 I see the face of vision
击败 ji1bai4 - to defeat
超频 chao1pin2 - overclocking
揭开 jie1kai1 - to uncover, open
面目 mian4mu4 - appearance
若 ruo4 - if
拆穿 chai1chuan1 - to expose, unmask
I’ll overcome the time,go get it. I should keep digging into the secret at the speed of Mach. If I notice the truth of time I see the face of vision .
黎明等在更宽阔的舞台 我反省完我渺小就前来
黎明 li2ming2 - dawn, daybreak
宽阔 kuan1kuo4 - expansive, wide
反省 fan3xing3 -to reflect upon oneself
渺小 miao3xiao3 - insignificant, tiny
前来 qian2lai2 - to come
Early morning is waiting for a bigger stage. If I reflect on my naivety, it will unfold.
Live it up double dose 更多的色彩 我说 no 让我回到无色的我再重头 从过去重新创造 我将再出发觉醒后
重新 chong2xin1 - again, once more
创造 chuang4zao4 - to create
将 jiang1 - here: will
出发 chu1fa1 - to start
Live it up double dose, more colors. I say No. Turn me back to colorless, start over. Create myself again from the past, I’m awake and I’ll make a new start.
地无疆 天无界 If we could turn back time 再启程 再回转 旅途名为超时空 回
Oh 重启自我 Minute by minute 往未来的路覆辙不再 Oh 无色觉醒过来 Turning back time
就像万花筒般诱惑存在 我们盘旋在浑沌地带 请直观无色声香味触法的虚幻 The time is ticking away
万花筒 wan4hua1tong3 - kaleidoscope
般 ban1 - here: like
诱惑 you4huo4 - to lure, seduce
盘旋 pan2xuan2 - to circle, hover
浑沌 hun2dun4 - chaos
地带 di4dai4 - zone
直观 zhi2guan1 - intuitive, directly perceived through the senses
虚幻 xu1huan4 - illusory
Like a kaleidoscope, temptation is everywhere. We’re hovering over the chaotic earth. Look at the colorless sound, scent, flavor, touch, and the law intuitivey. The time is ticking away.
Oh 重启自我 Minute by minute 往未来的路覆辙不再 Oh 无色过来 Turning back time (take it away)
Oh 改写历史 Minute by minute (if we could turn back time) 从过往的我通往未来 Oh 无色觉醒过来 Turning back time 5-4-3-2
改写 gai3xie3 - to rewrite, edit
过往 guo4wang3 - in the past
通往 tong1wang3 - to lead to
Oh rewrite the history minute by minute, from myself in the past to the future. Oh my colorless consciousness wakes up turning back time 5432.
5-4-3-2 Stop rewind, turn back time Stop rewind