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"Tsugunai" (つぐない; meaning "atonement" or "expiation"), is a song recorded by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng. The original Japanese version was released on January 21, 1984, [4] [5] while the Mandarin version titled "Changhuan" (償還) was released a year later in August 1985 as part of her Mandarin album of the same name.
Singer Fei Yu-ching in 2012 Plum trees in winter "Yi Jian Mei" (Chinese: 一剪梅; pinyin: Yī jiǎn méi; lit. 'One Trim of Plum Blossom'), [a] also commonly referred to by its popular lyrics "Xue hua piao piao bei feng xiao xiao" (Chinese: 雪花飄飄 北風蕭蕭; pinyin: Xuěhuā piāopiāo běi fēng xiāoxiāo; trans. "Snowflakes drifting, the north wind whistling"), is a 1983 Mandopop ...
Although the songs were mostly soft contemporary arrangements, a popular style in Hong Kong, it also had a few dance songs and two versions of the title track: Wong's Mandarin song, and the other with Cantonese lyrics by Chen Shao Qi (the Mandarin version is by far the more popular one). [citation needed]
Shuidiao Getou (traditional Chinese: 水調歌頭; simplified Chinese: 水调歌头; pinyin: Shuǐdiào Gētóu) is the name of a traditional Chinese melody to which a poem in the cí style can be sung.
In 2012 it also became the main musical theme of the water fountain spectacle Aquanura at the park. The fountain show is the largest of its kind in Europe. As the show is performed nightly on a large lake, the creators used By the Sleepy Lagoon as an introduction and linking melody throughout the show. The musical piece was partly rearranged ...
Yao Lee's Mandarin version was also released in the US and UK in the early 1950s by Columbia Records, catalog numbers 39420 and 2837 respectively. Yao Lee was credited as "Miss Hue Lee" in this release. Other early releases have also credited her as "Yiu Lei." The English-language lyrics were written by the British radio presenter Wilfrid Thomas.
Green Island Serenade" (Chinese: 綠島小夜曲; pinyin: Lǜdǎo Xiǎoyèqǔ; also known as "Serenade of Green Island") is a Mandarin Chinese classic song composed in 1954 by Chow Lan-ping (Chinese: 周藍萍; pinyin: Zhōu Lánpíng). It was composed for the soundtrack for a film.
The English lyrics was written by James Schamus. [1] Released in 2000, the song was nominated for best original song at the 73rd Academy Awards. [1] CoCo Lee performed the song at the Academy Awards ceremony in March 2001. She is the first, and so far only, Chinese to perform at the Awards. [3] [4] [5]