笑红尘 Laughing At the Mundane World [东方不败风云再起 主题曲 Theme Song] - Mandarin Version | ENG SUB

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The scenes used within the video are from 东方不败风云再起.

The East Is Red (also known as Swordsman III; released in the Philippines as The Great China Warrior), is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film. The main character in the film is loosely based on Dongfang Bubai, a character in Louis Cha's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. The film was produced by Tsui Hark, was co-directed by Ching Siu-tung and Raymond Lee and starred Brigitte Lin, Joey Wong and Yu Rongguang. The film is regarded as a sequel to The Swordsman and Swordsman II.
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This line basically means to have seen through the mortal world. I chose to interpret it as to have already gained such an understanding that no matter what situation is placed before your eyes, everything is fine as you choose to go with whatever fate places in front of you. Because after-all, humans cannot hope to manipulate the plans of the heavens.
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对酒当歌 is a Chinese idiom. It means that time in life is limited and something should be done. Later is also used to refer to instant pleasure. From Cao Cao's "Dan Ge Xing"《旦歌行》.
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Flowers are often used to refer to/ represent women, specifically those who are still young and unmarried most of the time. Though it seems to just broadly refer to the female gender.
For males, it's grass 草。 E.g 校草(school grass) and 校花 (school flower) refer to the most good-looking boy and girl on campus respectively.
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Sway in the wind refers to going where the wind leads you, alluding to the freedom to go where the day takes you without the need to take anything into consideration.
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This line refers to 因果, the law of cause and effect from Buddhism.

歌曲原唱: 陈淑桦
填词: 厉曼婷
谱曲: 李宗盛
编曲: 鲍比达