Once known as the "sick man of Asia, " China is no longer Ill.
中国,曾经的“东亚病夫”,如今正在崛起。When We were called Sick man of Asia, We were called The Peril. When We are billed to be the next Superpower, We are called The threat.
当我们被称作东亚病夫的时候,我们被称作传染病。当我们即将成为下一个超级大国的时候,我们被称作威胁。This time we'll get the benefit of our past measures and there won't be any talk of us being the sick man of Europe.
这次,我们将从过去采取的措施中获益,不会再有人将我们称作欧洲病夫了。Stupefied by opium, cowed by Western firepower, China was dismissed at the outset of the 20th century as the "sick man of Asia. "
鸦片的麻醉,西方火枪的威吓,在二十世纪的开端中国衰落成为所谓的“东亚病夫”。By 1911, Japan was a great power and China was the sick man of Asia.
到辛亥革命前夕,日本已经崛起,而中国已然成为东亚病夫。Of the "sick man of East Asia, " 's shadow, has long been destroyed, no longer exists.
当年“东亚病夫”的影子,早已灰飞烟灭,不复存在。And if I was a sick man, I'd never meant to be, Would you love me anyways, And would you marry me?
而如果我是一个病夫,我从来就不是,你爱我反正,你愿意嫁给我吗?Concerned about the future, do not let the'sick man of Asia 'tragedy happen again in the world.
关注未来,不要让‘‘东亚病夫’的悲剧在全世界重新上演。Yet historians recall how the Ottoman empire, for many years "the sick man of Europe" , crumbled to dust after the first world war.
但是历史学家感叹道土耳其帝国,多年来的欧洲病夫,在一战后土崩瓦解。