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.

Sui Yue Liu Qing
張學友 Lyrics

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回望这半生也许是场梦
年月已带走几个秋与冬
泪也倦了梦也不断转眼逝去
生命或许是场空
忘掉了许多昨天喜与悲
回味每一篇心中日记
岁月匆匆飘走
徘徊梦里始终也是你

已失去了不必痛楚
尽管你已别离回忆更多
昨天曾经拥有跟你的片段
人生并没难过
月儿弯光阴悄别去
明日有那耀眼的艳阳
一生有对或错回忆有你伴我走过
回望这半生也许是场梦
年月已带走几个秋与冬
泪也倦了梦也不断转眼逝去
生命或许是场空
忘掉了许多昨天喜与悲
回味每一篇心中日记
岁月匆匆飘走
徘徊梦里始终也是你
已失去了不必痛楚
尽管你已别离回忆更多
昨天曾经拥有跟你的片段
人生并没难过
月儿弯光阴悄别去
明日有那热暖暖的艳阳

一生有对或错回忆有你伴我走过
一生有对或错无声的岁月渐流过

Overall Meaning

These lyrics are from 張學友's song "Sui Yue Liu Qing" which translates to "Years of Flowing Waters." The song reflects on the passing of time and the fleeting nature of life. The singer looks back on their half-lived life, realizing that it may have all been a dream. Over the years, they have experienced seasons come and go, tears have become weary, and dreams have continuously slipped away. They acknowledge that life may be empty and have forgotten many joys and sorrows of the past. Despite this, the memories of their time spent with someone special linger on. The singer has lost this person, but the memories are still vivid and bring a sense of pain and longing. However, they find solace in the fact that their journey through life has not been a difficult one and that even though time passes by silently, the memories of that person will forever be with them.

Line by Line Meaning

回望这半生也许是场梦
Looking back on this half of my life, it may have been just a dream.

年月已带走几个秋与冬
The passing years have taken away several autumns and winters.

泪也倦了梦也不断转眼逝去
Tears have tired and dreams keep fleeting in the blink of an eye.

生命或许是场空
Life may be an empty existence.

忘掉了许多昨天喜与悲
I have forgotten many joys and sorrows of the past.

回味每一篇心中日记
I reminisce about every entry in my heart's diary.

岁月匆匆飘走
Time flies by in haste.

徘徊梦里始终也是你
In my wandering dreams, you are always there.

已失去了不必痛楚
I have already lost the need for sorrow.

尽管你已别离回忆更多
Even though you have left, memories linger more.

昨天曾经拥有跟你的片段
Yesterday once had fragments with you.