语言难学，

yǔ yán | nán | xué

Language is hard to learn,

更难学的是语言背后的文化。

gèng | nán | xué | de | shì | yǔ yán | bèi hòu | de | wén huà

and the culture behind the language is even harder.

我们可以和外国人简单聊天，

wǒ men | kě yǐ | hé | wài guó rén | jiǎn dān | liáo tiān

We can have simple conversations with foreigners,

但谈话稍稍深入，

dàn | tán huà | shāo shāo | shēn rù

but once the conversation goes a little deeper,

就发现插不进话了。

jiù | fā xiàn | chā | bù jìn | huà | le

we find ourselves unable to join in.

比如他们从小就看的影视剧，

bǐ rú | tā men | cóng xiǎo | jiù | kàn | de | yǐng shì jù

For example, the film and TV shows they watched since childhood,

比如他们都知道的各种明星，

bǐ rú | tā men | dōu | zhī dào | de | gè zhǒng | míng xīng

the various celebrities they all know,

比如他们特有的习俗。

bǐ rú | tā men | tè yǒu | de | xí sú

and their unique customs.

中国说唱歌曲《八方来财》，

zhōng guó | shuō chàng | gē qǔ | 《bā fāng | lái cái》

The Chinese rap song "Eight Directions Bring Wealth",

好像在很多国家都比较流行，

hǎo xiàng | zài | hěn duō | guó jiā | dōu | bǐ jiào | liú xíng

seems to be quite popular in many countries,

这个歌手的热度甚至超过了很多顶级歌星。

zhè ge | gē shǒu | de | rè dù | shèn zhì | chāo guò | le | hěn duō | dǐng jí | gē xīng

and the singer's popularity has even surpassed many top singers.

我们也是通过短视频，才了解他的歌。

wǒ men | yě shì | tōng guò | duǎn shì pín cái | liǎo jiě | tā | de | gē

We also learned about his songs through short videos.

我本想把它作为歌曲专栏的一期节目，

wǒ | běn xiǎng | bǎ | tā | zuò wéi | gē qǔ | zhuān lán | de | yī qī | jié mù

I originally wanted to feature it as an episode in the song column,

来解析一下这首歌的歌词，

lái | jiě xī | yī xià | zhè shǒu | gē | de | gē cí

to analyze the lyrics of this song,

但发现它的歌词相对难一些，

dàn | fā xiàn | tā | de | gē cí | xiāng duì | nán | yī xiē

but found that the lyrics are relatively difficult—

难的就是其中的文化。

nán | de | jiù shì | qí zhōng | de | wén huà

the difficulty lies in the cultural references.

比如“一阴一阳之谓道”、“紫气东来”这些，

bǐ rú | “yī yīn | yī yáng | zhī wèi dào” | “zǐ qì | dōng lái” | zhè xiē

For example, phrases like "One yin and one yang constitute the Dao" and "Purple qi comes from the east"

很难解释，

hěn | nán | jiě shì

are hard to explain.

“阴阳”的概念需要读过《道德经》才能了解。

“yīn yáng” | de | gài niàn | xū yào | dú guò | 《dào dé jīng》 | cái néng | liǎo jiě

The concept of "yin and yang" can only be understood by reading the book 《道德经》.

再比如，“你不出手 说聊斋”，

zài | bǐ rú | “nǐ | bù | chū shǒu | shuō | liáo zhāi”

Another example: "You don't act, just talk about '聊斋'",

《聊斋》是古代一本写鬼故事的书。

《liáo zhāi》 | shì | gǔ dài | yī běn | xiě | guǐ gù shì | de | shū

"Liaozhai" is an ancient book about ghost stories.

还有就是它的歌词省略了很多文字，

hái yǒu | jiù shì | tā | de | gē cí | shěng lüè | le | hěn duō | wén zì

Additionally, the lyrics omit a lot of words,

用了很多成语，

yòng le | hěn duō | chéng yǔ

use many idioms,

逻辑也很跳跃，

luó jí | yě | hěn | tiào yuè

and the logic is quite fragmented,

更是难以理解。

gèng shì | nán yǐ | lǐ jiě

making it even harder to understand.

它不像普通的歌曲，

tā | bù xiàng | pǔ tōng | de | gē qǔ

Unlike ordinary songs,

唱着“我爱你，你伤害了我”，

chàng zhe | “wǒ | ài | nǐ | nǐ | shāng hài | le | wǒ”

which sing straightforward lines like "I love you, you hurt me",

这样的大白话。

zhè yàng | de | dà bái huà

such plain and simple words.