西风的话 Xi feng de hua The words of west wind 潘越云 Pan yue yun, Cheer Chen, 张雨生 Zhang yu sheng: pinyin, lyrics, English translation, quotes of autumn, fall, and Colors Of The Wind Vanessa Williams

【向大師致敬】黃自經典合唱音樂會–西風的話

潘越雲 – 西風的話

陳綺貞 – 西風的話

潘越云
Pan yue yun

西风的话
Xi feng de hua
The words of west wind

去年我回来 你们穿新棉袍
qu4 nian2 wo3 hui2 lai2, ni3 men1 chuan1 xin1 mian2 pao2
Last year when I came back, you all wore new cotton gowns.

今年我来看你们 你们变胖又变高
jin1 nian2 wo3 lai4 kan4 ni3 men1, ni3 men1 bian4 pang4 you4 bian4 gao1
This year when I come to see you, you all grew fatter and taller.

你们可记得 池里荷花变莲蓬
ni3 men1 ke3 ji4 de5, chi2 li3 he2 hua1 bian4 lian2 peng2
Have you ever remembered the lotus became lotus seed head?

花少不愁没颜色 我把树叶都染红
hua1 shao3 bu4 chou2 mei2 yan2 se4, wo3 ba3 shu4 ye4 du1 ran3 hong2
Flowers are just a few, but don’t worry about lacking colors; I dyed all of the leaves red.

Translated by Shu

張雨生 – 西風的話

张雨生
Zhang yu sheng

西风的话
Xi feng de hua
The words of west wind

去年秋天 无人海边 你们相恋
qu4 nian2 qiu1 tian1, wu2 ren2 hai3 bian1, ni3 men1 xiang1 lian4
The autumn of last year, at the uninhabited seaside, you fell in love with each other.

今年秋天 转眼之间 他已不在身边
jin1 nian2 qiu1 tian1, zhuan3 yan3 zhi1 jian1, ta1 yi3 bu2 zai4 shen1 bian1
The autumn of this year, between the blinking of eyes, he already is not by your side.

人世间 多少梦 多少愁
ren2 shi4 jian1, duo1 shao3 meng4, duo1 shao3 chou2
In the human world, how many dreams and how many worries?

秋不浓 谁把树叶都染红
qiu1 bu4 nong2, shui2 ba3 shu4 ye4 du1 ran3 hong2
The autumn is not yet dense; who dyed the leaves all red?

爱的太快 爱从不轻易地来
ai4 de5 tai4 kuai4, ai4 cong2 bu4 qing1 yi4 di5 lai2
Love too fast; love never came easily.

世间欢喜似乎都藏些悲哀
shi4 jian1 huan1 xi3 si4 hu1 du1 cang2 xie1 bei1 ai1
The mundane joy seems all have grief and sorrow hidden in it

为什么喜悦 为什么流泪
wei4 shi2 me5 xi3 yue4, wei4 shi2 me5 liu2 lei4
Why feel rejoiced? Why cry tears?

爱恨憎颠痛彻心扉
ai4 hen4 zeng2 dian1 tong4 che1 xin1 fei1
Love, hatred, loathness and insanity pain through the door of heart.

满山红叶沧桑为了谁
man3 shan1 hong2 ye4, cang1 sang1 wei4 liao5 shui2
Full mountain’s red leaves went through the huge change is for whom?

爱的太快 爱从不轻易离开
ai4 de5 tai4 kuai4, ai4 cong2 bu4 qing1 yi4 li2 kai1
Love too fast. Love never leaves easily.

曾经沧海你教我怎能忘怀
zeng2 jing1 cang1 hai3, ni3 jiao1 wo3 zen3 neng2 wang4 huai2
Have widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life, how can you tell me to forget?

错过了情深 辜负了青春
cuo4 guo4 liao3 qing2 shen1, gu1 fu4 liao3 qing1 chun1
Missed the deep feelings; did not live up to the youth expectation

聚散匆匆万丈红尘
ju4 san4 cong1 cong1 wan4 zhang4 hong2 chen2
To meet and to depart hurriedly in this ten thousand fathoms red dust mundane

蓦然回首痴心已不再
mo4 ran2 hui2 shou3, chi1 xin1 yi3 bu2 zai4
Suddenly turned around, I am not infatuated anymore.

Translated by Shu

Quotes of Autumn, Fall:

The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of August, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty who has seen one season too many. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. ~Edwin Way Teale

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. ~P.D. James

Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. ~Carol Bishop Hipps

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds – November!
~Thomas Hood, “No!”

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. ~Stanley Horowitz

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face.
~John Donne

Oh how we love pumpkin season. You did know this gourd-ish squash has its own season, right? Winter, Spring, Summer, Pumpkin…. We anxiously anticipate it every year. ~Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer, October 2010

Besides the autumn poets sing,
A few prosaic days
A little this side of the snow
And that side of the haze.
~Emily Dickinson

October’s poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter. ~Nova Bair

falling leaves
hide the path
so quietly
~John Bailey, “Autumn,” a haiku year, 2001, as posted on oldgreypoet.com

A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart. ~Hal Borland

October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came –
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
~George Cooper, “October’s Party”

How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. ~John Burroughs

A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long. ~e.e. cummings

There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been! ~Percy Bysshe Shelley

The one red leaf, the last of its clan,
That dances as often as dance it can,
Hanging so light, and hanging so high,
On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. ~Elizabeth Bowen

Youth is like spring, an over praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits. ~Samuel Butler

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn. ~Elizabeth Lawrence

These quotes come from: http://www.quotegarden.com/autumn.html

Colors Of The Wind Vanessa Williams MV

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Chinese grammar, usage of zai – as preposition for location, form question sentence, show continuous action as an adverbial adjunct; use zai bu zai to form question, how to negate zai, ne as continuous action maker. Jackie Chan Aspiration in my chest and Tarzan, Usher You’ll Be In My Heart



Don’t worry, your eyes are fine, and your computer is not burning a hole either. The jumping fire on the character zai 在 just a little reminder to tell you that zai4 can be used to show continuous motion as the jumping fire up and down, up and down … Cast some fire on your mind next time when you read the word zai ….

In Chinese language, the particle zai4 在 has several functions.

Zai4 functions as a preposition word.

A preposition word is a word that connects a noun, pronoun, or phrase to other words in a sentence, and it can indicate the following relationships: direction (to, toward, through); place (at, by, on); purpose (for); source (from, out of); and time (at, before, on).

Zai4 is most often used to indicate location. When used before a place word, zai4 means in, on, or at.
Location – Zai4
For example:

[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to.mp3|titles=listen to]
Ta1 **zài4** xue2 xiao4.
他**在**学校。
He is **at** school.

Shu1 **zai4** zhuo1 shang4.
书**在**桌上。
The book is **on** the table.

Yi1 fu2 **zai4** bi4 chu2 li3.
衣服 **在** 壁橱里。
The cloth is **in** the closet.

If you want to negate the sentence, you just need to place 不 bu4 before zai4 在. Remember that 不 bu4 has two tone change rules.When bu is in front of fourth tone word, bu4 will be changed to second tone bu2. When bu4 got placed before other tones (1, 2 or 3 tones), it remains the fourth tone bu4.

[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to1.mp3|titles=listen to]
Ta1 **bu2 zai4** xue2 xiao4.
他**不在**学校。
He is not **at** school.

Shu1 **bu2 zai4** zhuo1 shang4.
书**不在**桌上。
The book is not **on** the table.

Yi1 fu2 ** bu2 zai4** bi4 chu2 li3.
衣服 **不在** 壁橱里。
The cloth is not in the closet.

Use 在 zai4 to form question sentences.

To form yes or no question sentences with question marker 吗 ma5.

[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to2.mp3|titles=listen to]
Shu1 **zai4** zhuo1 shang4 **ma5**?
书**在**桌上吗?
Is the book **on** the table?

or you can negate the question as
Shu1 **bu2 zai4** zhuo1 shang4 **ma5**?
书**不在**桌上吗?
Isn’t the book **on** the table?

or take away the question marker ma5 and use 在不在 zai4 bu2 zai4 in front of the noun or pronoun to form question sentences.
Shu1 **zai4 bu2 zai4** zhuo1 shang4 ?
书**在不在**桌上?
Is the book **on** the table or not?

Form open end question sentences with question marker 呢 ne5.

Ni3 zai4 chi1 shen2 me5 ** ne5 **? (The answers can be many, so it is called open-ended questions.)
[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to3.mp3|titles=listen to]
你在吃什么**呢**?
What are you eating?

Form open-ended question sentences with question pronoun na3 li5 哪裡
[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to5.mp3|titles=listen to]
Bi3 zai4 **na3 li5**?
Where is the pen?
笔在**哪裡**?

Zai functions as a preposition to indicate where an action takes place:

subject + zai4 + place + verb
[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to6.mp3|titles=listen to]
他们**在**客厅吃东西。
Ta1 men5 **zai4** ke4 ting1 chi1 dong1 xi5.
They are eating **in** the living room.

Zai functions as an adverbial adjunct or complement when it got placed in front of a verb it modifies to show continuous action of that moment. This usage of zai is like the -ing suffix in English ( at V+ ing”). There is an alternative to zai4 — zheng4 zai4 正在.

[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to7.mp3|titles=listen to]
他们**在**跳舞。
Ta1 men5** zai4 **tiao4 wu3.
They are dancing.

她**在**睡觉。
Ta1 **zai4 **shui4 jiao4.
She is sleeping.

To negate the verb, you can use 不 bu2 or 没 mei2 (mei2 you3 没有). The verb 有 you3 is always negated with 没 mei2 (never say 不有 bu4 you3).

[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to8.mp3|titles=listen to]
Ta1 men5 **bu2 zai4** tiao4 wu3.
They are not dancing.
他们**不在**跳舞。

Ta1 **mei2 zai4** shui4 jiao4.
She is not sleeping.
她**没在**睡觉。

In the usage of showing continuous action, there is an alternative to zai4 — zheng4 zai4 正在.

[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to9.mp3|titles=listen to]
Ta1 men5 **zheng4 zai4** tiao4 wu3.
They are dancing.
他们**正在**跳舞。

Ta1 **zheng4 zai4** shui4 jiao4.
She is sleeping.
她**正在**睡觉。

The modal particle ne5 呢 can also be added to the end of the sentence for the same purpose. So the previous sentences can also be:
[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to10.mp3|titles=listen to]
Ta1 men5 **zai4** tiao4 wu3** ne5**.
They are dancing.
他们**在**跳舞**呢**。

Ta1 **zai4** shui4 jiao4 **ne5**.
She is sleeping.
她**在**睡觉**呢**。

or you can omit zai4
[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to12.mp3|titles=listen to]
Ta1 men5 tiao4 wu3 **ne5**.
They are dancing.
他们跳舞**呢**。

Ta1 shui4 jiao4 **ne5**.
She is sleeping.
她睡觉**呢**。

Now, it is time to find a song. I went to my song list first, and yes, and I found one:) Jackie Chan (Cheng Long) 成龙 – 壮志在我胸 Aspirations in my chest Zhuang zhi zai wo xiong. Jackie Chan is very silly and funny in this video.

If you like to learn how to sing it, you can check out the lyrics, pinyin and English translation at Jackie Chan (Cheng Long) 成龙 – 壮志在我胸 Aspirations in my chest Zhuang zhi zai wo xiong

It is easy to find a preposition word in English songs (there are so many preposition words in English), but this one is really special and with two versions! Why I chose this song? Heart is in the chest, so these two songs and Jackie Chan’s aspiration in my chest are somehow related in two ways — all have preposition word in, and both have something to do with chest.

Usher – You’ll Be In My Heart (Official Lyrics)

and
the original–You’ll Be In My Heart (With Lyrics)-Tarzan and Phil Collins

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