The way the song uses the word is as a verb, which in english translates to "represents" or "stand for some point of view". The word DàiBiǎo (代表) is an interesting word. My goals are to help the listener identify and learn the Chinese words in the song. My English translations are more of a word-for-word translation than re-phrased to convey the phrase's meaning. Here's the Youtube video below: MP3 from Baidu This has been sung by others but the rendition I like the best is by Qi Jin (齊秦). As for learning the song, the Chinese words are spoken slowly and therefore easy to follow and remember.īelow is the song in Youtube, as sung by Teresa Teng (鄧麗君), probably the most famous classical Chinese singer who sang this song. It has beautiful tune that will be instantly recognized by most Chinese anywhere. It is a classic love song - the singer describes how the moon represents the singer's love for the listener. This is perhaps one of the first songs that any aspiring Chinese karaoke singers would learn to sing.
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