By Ling-Ling Lisa Shih
From Ling-LingChinese.com
Video 1: 鱼儿水中游 (in simplified Chinese characters)
Video 2 (in traditional Chinese characters)
Lyrics for Fish Fish, Swim in the Water:
鱼儿鱼儿水中游,看见前面一线钩,钩上食味美,看得唾涎流,小鱼儿,别上钩,贪图享受失自由。
鱼儿鱼儿水中游,游来游去乐悠悠,倦了卧水草,饿了觅小虫,乐悠悠,乐悠悠,水晶世界任自由。
Lyrics for 鱼儿水中游 Fish, Fish, Swim in the Water (with Pinyin and simplified Chinese Characters)
yú | ér | yú | ér | shuĭ | zhōng | yóu | kàn | jiàn | qián | miàn | yī | xiàn | gōu | |
鱼 | 儿 | 鱼 | 儿 | 水 | 中 | 游 | , | 看 | 见 | 前 | 面 | 一 | 线 | 钩 |
gōu | shàng | shí | wèi | mĕi | kàn | dé | tuò | xián | liú | xiăo | yú | |||
, | 钩 | 上 | 食 | 味 | 美 | , | 看 | 得 | 唾 | 涎 | 流 | , | 小 | 鱼 |
ér | bié | shàng | gōu | tān | tú | xiăng | shòu | shī | zì | yóu | ||||
儿 | , | 别 | 上 | 钩 | , | 贪 | 图 | 享 | 受 | 失 | 自 | 由 | 。 | |
yú | ér | yú | ér | shuĭ | zhōng | yóu | yóu | lái | yóu | qù | lè | yōu | yōu | |
鱼 | 儿 | 鱼 | 儿 | 水 | 中 | 游 | , | 游 | 来 | 游 | 去 | 乐 | 悠 | 悠 |
juàn | le | wò | shuĭ | căo | è | le | mì | xiăo | chóng | lè | yōu | |||
, | 倦 | 了 | 卧 | 水 | 草 | , | 饿 | 了 | 觅 | 小 | 虫 | , | 乐 | 悠 |
yōu | lè | yōu | yōu | shuĭ | jīng | shì | jiè | rèn | zì | yóu | ||||
悠 | , | 乐 | 悠 | 悠 | , | 水 | 晶 | 世 | 界 | 任 | 自 | 由 | ||
Title: 鱼儿鱼儿水中游 (With English Translation)
(simplified chinese version)
鱼儿鱼儿水中游
Fishy, Fishy, swimming in the water
游來游去乐悠悠
Swim to and fro happily and leisurely
倦了卧水草
When they are tired, they lie down on the water plants
饿了覓小虫
When they are hungry, they look for little worms.
乐悠悠 乐悠悠
Happily and leisurely (or happy and free Happy and free)
水晶世界任自由
The crystal world allows them to be free
鱼儿鱼儿水中游,
Fishy, Fishy, Swimming in the water
看见前面一线钩,
You see a [fish]line with a hook ahead
钩上食味美,看得唾涎流,
The food on the hook is delicious, making your mouth water just looking at it!
小鱼儿,别上钩,
Fishy, Don’t take the bait (or Don’t get hooked)
贪图享受失自由。
You will lose your freedom by seeking instant gratification
Vocabulary 生词
ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
1 | 鱼儿 | 魚兒 | yú ér | fish |
2 | 水 | shuǐ | surname Shui; water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes | |
3
4 |
中 | zhōng | in the middle of
To swim |
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5 | 看见 | 看見 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
6 | 前面 | qián miàn | ahead; in front; preceding; above | |
7 | 一线 | 一線 | yī xiàn | front line; referring to a fishline |
8 | 钩 | 鈎, 鉤 | gōu | variant of 钩 ; to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch |
9 | 上 | shàng | on top; upon; above; upper; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); | |
10 | 食 | shí | to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse | |
11 | 味 | wèi | taste; smell; classifier for drugs (in TCM) | |
12 | 美 | měi | the Americas; abbr. for 美洲 ; beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself | |
13 | 看 | kàn | to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (an illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after verb) to give it a try; Watch out! (for a danger) | |
14 | 得 | de | a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility | |
14 | 唾 | tuò | saliva; to spit | |
15 | 涎 | 㳄 | xián | variant of 涎 ; saliva |
16 | 流 | liú | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
17 | 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young | |
18 | 别 | 別 | bié | surname Bie; to leave; to depart; to separate; to distinguish; to classify; other; another; do not; must not; to pin; to stick (sth) in |
19 | 上钩 | 上鉤 | shàng gōu | to take the bait |
20 | 贪图 | 貪圖 | tān tú | to covet; to seek (riches, fame) |
21 | 享受 | xiǎng shòu | to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; Classifiers: 种 | |
22 | 失 | shī | to lose; to miss; to fail | |
23 | 自由 | zì yóu | freedom; free; liberty; Classifiers: 个 | |
24 | 游来游去 | 游來游去 | yóu lái yóuqù | To swim to and fro |
25 | 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just | |
26 | 乐 | 樂 | lè | surname Le; happy; cheerful; to laugh |
27 | 悠悠 | yōu yōu | lasting for ages; long drawn out; remote in time or space; unhurried; a great number (of events); preposterous; pensive | |
28 | 倦 | 勌 | juàn | tired; old variant of 倦 |
29 | 了 | le | (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) | |
30 | 卧 | 臥 | wò | to lie; to crouch |
31 | 水草 | shuǐ cǎo | water plants; habitat with water source and grass | |
32 | 饿 | 餓 | è | to be hungry; hungry |
33 | 觅 | 覓, 覔 | mì | to seek; to find; old variant of 觅 |
34 | 虫 | 蟲 | chóng | lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; Classifiers: 条 ; person with a particular undesirable characteristic |
35 | 水晶 | shuǐ jīng | crystal | |
36 | 世界 | shì jiè | world; Classifiers: 个 | |
37 | 任 | rèn | surname Ren; to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for the number of terms served in office, post, or rank |
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By Ling-Ling Shih
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