Jacky Cheung Hok Yau (Traditional Chinese: 張學友; Simplified Chinese: 张学友; pi… Read Full Bio ↴Jacky Cheung Hok Yau (Traditional Chinese: 張學友; Simplified Chinese: 张学友; pinyin: Zhāng Xúeyǒu; born July 10, 1961 in Hong Kong with family roots in Tianjin) is a Hong Kong singer and film star from the mid-1980s to the present. Dubbed the god of songs (歌神) by the Cantopop industry, Cheung is regarded by many as one of the finest male singers to have come out of Hong Kong, known for his rich baritone voice, wide range and exceptional interpretative powers. Since the early 1990s, he is arguably the world's most popular and respected Chinese pop singer.

He was the national singing champion in Hong Kong 1984 with the song Fatherland, ousting more than ten thousand other contestants. He was signed by the then Polygram Records, now Universal Music Group. Although encouraged by a bright start, he was not yet able to achieve immediate supremacy in Cantopop, then dominated by 譚詠麟, 梅艷芳, Leslie Cheung and 陳百強. Cheung suffered a nosedive in his career in 1988 after a best-selling first two albums. That year he did not have a single song awarded in the annual TVB JSG. His subsequent sales record dipped and one of his albums in the late 1980s managed just around ten thousand in sales. The reason for the fall in his CD sales was partially attributed to his alcohol problem - he could get drunk 5 times a week. After disrupting his friend's birthday party while being drunk, Cheung vowed in public that he would not consume alcohol again till he was 40. He kept that promise.

His recording career subsequently returned to its track. Then, in 1991, with the song 每天愛你多一些 (Loving You More Everyday), his career took a massive upturn. The album, 真情流露True Love Expression in 1992, as well as the succeeding release, 愛火花Love Sparks in 1992, became the two most successful albums in Hong Kong history, achieving audited sales of over 400,000 copies in Hong Kong alone and turned Cheung into a superstar, paving the way for himself and his contemporaries, Andy Lau, Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok, to take Cantopop to even greater heights. Subsequent albums continue to be a hit like 我與你True Love Expression 1993, 餓狼傳說 Wolf Tale 1994 etc. Since then his career has grown from strength to strength, and Cheung has managed to garner thousands of fans overseas as well as numerous music awards both in Hong Kong and elsewhere, including the best-selling Chinese singer in the Worlds Music Awards. Cheung has also been elected one of the world's Ten Outstanding Young Persons.

Among his most famous songs are Amour, 只想一生跟你走 (Only Thinking of Going Through Life With You) and the everlasting 吻别 (Goodbye Kiss) which confirms his status as one, and many consider the pre-eminent member, of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop. Goodbye Kiss, a Mandarin number, was also one of the best-selling albums of all time, achieving more sales in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia such as not attained before, with an astounding 5 million copies sold in 1993 alone, a record that has remained yet unbroken. Goodbye Kiss was also instrumental in helping Cheung to break into the mando-pop market, and it also prompted other Hong Kong singers who wanted to gain a wider market to follow suit, even though, to this very day, very few indeed have been able to approach Cheung's level of success.

His work on the ground-breaking cantonese musical, Snow, Wolf, Lake musical (1997), was also enthusiastically received by both audiences and critics. Cheung not only played the male lead, but was also the artistic director for this production. The female lead was played by Sandy Lam and they achieved 43 full-house performances at the gigantic Hong Kong Coliseum. In November 2004, Jacky and his concert manager, Florence Chan Suk-Fan, worked on a revised Mandarin version of Snow, Wolf, Lake so as to bring it to a wider audience. The estimated budget for this revised production was HK$100 million and the show premiered on 24 December 2004 in Beijing. The production subsequently toured China and other Asian destinations to huge acclaim.

Cheung won, for the umpteenth time, the Best Selling Cantonese Album Award in the Hong Kong IFPI Awards of 2005 with his live album, Jacky Live Performance. In the fast-changing scene of canto-pop, Cheung is able to maintain his popularity and sales power for more than 20 years after his debut, which is unparalleled in the history of Hong Kong pop music.

Cheung acted in many films, although singing has always been his priority. His versatility and acting skills have enabled him to play a lot of diverse parts. He received the Best Supporting Actor Golden Horse Award for his work in Swordsman (1990). He also received the Best Actor Award at the New Dehli Film Festival for his portrayal of the protagonist in July Rhapsody. His song Perhaps Love, which serves as the theme song for the multi-award-winning film Perhaps Love, also won the Best Song Award at the 2005 Hong Kong Film Awards.

He is married to May Lo with two daughters.

Cheung was named spokesperson for Hong Kong Disneyland in 2004. As the theme park's spokesperson, Cheung took part in a number of large-scale marketing events organized by The Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, beginning by hosting a TV program, Magical World of Disneyland. [1] He also recorded a song for Hong Kong Disneyland, a multi-lingual song entitled One. The music video for One was filmed at Hong Kong Disneyland.

這個冬天不太冷
張學友 Lyrics

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从来的冷冬迷蒙也是冻
素素世界太灰太沉
令我夜里没有一个梦
碰上你我竟不轻易受控
爱上你气温也突然为我聚暖
风也未流动
我与你像幻像长长夜未冷
灯点点放肆闪得更加灿烂

而全城繁星空中千色烟花透射弥漫
我与你梦着梦长长夜未冷
相拥中暖暖身体变得怠慢
永远也懒放开臂弯
浓浓这冷冬严寒却未冻
犹如春天不归来
没有夏季越爱越严重
红红这冷冬霓虹裹乱碰
看到处处太多笑容
令我共你视野都震动
碰上你我竟不轻易受控
爱上你气温也突然为我聚暖
风也未流动
我与你像幻像长长夜未冷
灯点点放肆闪得更加灿烂
而全城繁星空中千色烟花透射弥漫
我与你梦着梦长长夜未冷
只担心痛快息间变得有限
剧烈地热烈地热热地你告别平淡
我与你像幻像长长夜未冷
灯点点放肆闪得更加灿烂
而全城繁星空中千色烟花透射弥漫
我与你梦着梦长长夜未冷
相拥中暖暖身体变得怠慢
永远也懒放开臂弯
歌手独白
我与你像幻像长长夜未冷
灯点点放肆闪得更加灿烂
而全城繁星空中千色烟花透射弥漫
我与你梦着梦长长夜未冷
只担心痛快息间变得有限
剧烈地热烈地热热地你告别平淡
我与你像幻像长长夜未冷
灯点点放肆闪得更加灿烂
而全城繁星空中千色烟花透射弥漫
我与你梦着梦长长夜未冷

相拥中暖暖身体变得怠慢
永远也懒放开臂弯

Overall Meaning

The lyrics in 張學友's song "Zhe Ge Dong Tian Bu Tai Leng" reflect on the coldness of winter and the dreariness of life, but how the presence of love can change everything. The opening lines speak of the haze of a cold winter day, conveying a sense of loneliness and despair. However, the arrival of a loved one suddenly stirs something within the singer and warms him up. The love between them is so strong that not even the wind can disperse it. The chorus is particularly memorable, with these two lovers appearing like illusions in the long winters’ cold. The city scape around them is scattered with twinkling lights and fireworks, bathing them in colorful rays of warmth. They hold onto each other tightly to keep themselves from freezing over in the coldness of winter. The final lines convey a sense of acceptance and eternal love, with the singer declaring that he will always remain in his lover's warm embrace.

Overall, the song is about how love can transform even the coldest and darkest of times into something magical and mesmerizing. It is an ode to the power of companionship, which can lighten up our worlds and fill our hearts with warmth even when everything else seems bleak.

Line by Line Meaning

从来的冷冬迷蒙也是冻
The usual cold and dull winter is also freezing.

素素世界太灰太沉
The world is too plain and gloomy.

令我夜里没有一个梦
It makes me have no dreams at night.

碰上你我竟不轻易受控
Meeting you makes me lose control.

爱上你气温也突然为我聚暖
Loving you warms the temperature for me suddenly.

风也未流动
The wind does not blow.

我与你像幻像长长夜未冷
You and I are like a dream, and the long night is not cold.

灯点点放肆闪得更加灿烂
The lights shine brighter and more boldly.

而全城繁星空中千色烟花透射弥漫
The city is filled with sparkling fireworks in the starry sky.

我与你梦着梦长长夜未冷
You and I dream, and the long night is not cold.

相拥中暖暖身体变得怠慢
Hugging each other, our bodies get lazy and slow.