One Small Step 一小步 (Yī xiǎo bù) by Essie
In Chinese, “small/little” is “小 (Xiǎo).” This song was written not just to feature the word “small” but to remind all the Chinese language learners out there that learning a language is a process, and as long as you keep taking one step in front of another, you’ll surprise yourself with how far you can go 🙂
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CONTENTS
Lyrics / Pinyin / Translation
一小步一小步往前行
一條路一條路能搞定
只要努力付出也可以把一切變成遊戲
如果要學得好沒問題
一個字一個字就可以
慢慢提升你（的）識字能力
這才叫做意義
無論你的路多長
一步一步走向前方
享受過程別緊張
我相信你有能力
Pinyin
Yī xiǎo bù yī xiǎo bù wǎng qián xíng
Yītiáo lù yītiáo lù néng gǎodìng
Zhǐyào nǔlì fùchū yě kěyǐ bǎ yīqiè biànchéng yóuxì
Rúguǒ yào xué dé hǎo méi wèntí
Yīgè zì yīgè zì jiù kěyǐ
Màn man tíshēng nǐ (de) shìzì nénglì
Zhè cái jiàozuò yìyì
Wúlùn nǐ de lù duō cháng
Yībù yībù zǒuxiàng qiánfāng
Xiǎngshòu guòchéng bié jǐnzhāng
Wǒ xiāngxìn nǐ yǒu nénglì
English Translation
Move forward one step at a time
One road (x2) (you) can do it!
As long as (you) work hard, and sacrifice, (you) can also turn everything into a game
If you want to learn well, no problem
One word at a time, that’s all it takes
Slowly improve your literacy
That’s “meaningful”
No matter how long your road is
Walk forward, step by step
Enjoy the process, don’t worry
I believe you have the ability