Success & Failure in Chinese | 45 Words in One Song - HSK 4-7 | LINA NEU69 Lesson 60

Success & Failure in Chinese - 45 words in one song, first in English and then the same melody in Mandarin. Learn English. Speak Chinese. "How did the competition go? Did you win?" 比赛怎么样？赢了吗？ Bǐsài zěnmeyàng? Yíng le ma? The song is called "Sài Wēng Shī Mǎ, Success & Failure". How this song works The song is sung twice. The first half is entirely in English so you already know what every line means. The second half is the same song, same melody, same lines - in Mandarin. Nothing is translated line by line in between, so your ear does the work instead of your eyes. The Mandarin half is sung slower than normal pop, in standard Putonghua, with every syllable articulated and the tones kept clean. On-screen you get three lines at once: English, Chinese characters and pinyin. This is Lesson 60 of 66, in Chapter 6: THINK, SPEAK & GROW (Advanced). The last chapter is about saying harder things well - relationships, disagreement, problems, goals, and what to do after something fails. The 45 words in this song (HSK 4-7) ranking / to be ranked - 排名 - páimíng amazing / extraordinary - 了不起 - liǎobuqǐ to take part in a competition - 参赛 - cānsài team (sports) - 球队 - qiúduì major competition - 大赛 - dàsài luck / fortune - 运气 - yùnqi genius - 天才 - tiāncái fate / destiny - 命运 - mìngyùn skill (from effort); time spent - 功夫 - gōngfu second (of time) - 秒 - miǎo to give / to put in (effort) / effort - 付出 - fùchū return / reward / to repay - 回报 - huíbào results / fruits (of effort) - 成果 - chéngguǒ hard work always pays off - 功夫不负有心人 - gōngfu bú fù yǒuxīnrén to obtain / to win - 获得 - huòdé achievement / accomplishment - 成就 - chéngjiù great / mighty - 伟大 - wěidà to admire / to look up to - 佩服 - pèifu to win a prize - 获奖 - huòjiǎng prize / award - 奖 - jiǎng setback / frustration - 挫折 - cuòzhé blow / to hit hard - 打击 - dǎjī to lose heart / discouraged - 灰心 - huīxīn what a pity / unfortunately - 可惜 - kěxī from it / therefrom - 从中 - cóngzhōng low point / trough - 低谷 - dīgǔ psychology / mental - 心理 - xīnlǐ to give up - 放弃 - fàngqì to defeat - 打败 - dǎbài team member - 队员 - duìyuán strong (in spirit) / resilient - 坚强 - jiānqiáng brave / courageous - 勇敢 - yǒnggǎn to face / to confront - 面对 - miànduì failure is the mother of success - 失败是成功之母 - shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ to achieve / to gain - 取得 - qǔdé to have / to possess - 拥有 - yōngyǒu life (a person's life) - 人生 - rénshēng pleased with oneself - 得意 - déyì to live; alive - 活 - huó team captain - 队长 - duìzhǎng to give up halfway - 半途而废 - bàn tú ér fèi to persevere / to keep at it - 持之以恒 - chí zhī yǐ héng learn from your mistakes - 吃一堑长一智 - chī yí qiàn zhǎng yí zhì a blessing in disguise - 塞翁失马 - sài wēng shī mǎ adversity / hard times - 逆境 - nìjìng What the nine days behind this song cover D537 - Winning and Losing D538 - Luck and Talent D539 - Hard Work Pays Off D540 - Achievements D541 - Setbacks D542 - Hitting Bottom D543 - Getting Back Up D544 - Staying Grounded D545 - Words of Wisdom About the course LINA NEU69 - Learn Chinese Through Stories & Songs. English → Chinese → Pinyin → Sentence → Story → Song → Conversation 3,000 Words · 600 Days · 66 Stories · 66 Songs Every lesson is 45 new words built from one situation, not a random list. Nine days of five words a day become one lesson, one story and one original song that contains exactly those words - which is why the words stay once the song is stuck in your head. All Chinese on this channel is standard Putonghua, written in simplified characters with pinyin. No slang, no dialect, no rare idioms - the register a learner actually needs, and the one that stays correct everywhere. Every song is written and recorded for this channel. The lyrics, the music and the artwork are original work. Who is in the story Alex - the learner, starting from zero. Lina - the Chinese friend who becomes the guide. The course follows them from the first hello to a real conversation in Chinese. If this helped, you can help back by: Liking Subscribing Sharing it with someone learning Chinese Leaving the word you found hardest in the comments #LINANEU69 #LearnChinese #AdvancedChinese #HSK5 #ChineseSong