The song was written to commemorate the heroic efforts of the lone battalion of the National Revolutionary Army in the Defense of Sihang Warehouse during the final stage of the Battle of Shanghai (1937).
[1] After winning the war of resistance against Japan and knowing China was certainly not going to perish, the Kuomintang government changed the title and lyrics to "China Shall be Strong" (traditional Chinese: 中國一定強; simplified Chinese: 中国一定强; pinyin: Zhōngguó Yídìng Qiáng; Wade–Giles: Chung1-kuo2 I2-ting4 Ch'iang2).
Zhōngguó bùhuì wáng, Zhōngguó bùhuì wáng, Nǐ kàn mínzú yīngxióng Xiè túanzhǎng.
Zhōngguó bùhuì wáng, Zhōngguó bùhuì wáng, Nǐ kàn nà bābǎi zhùangshì gūjūn fèndòu shǒu zhànchǎng, Sìfāng dōushì pàohuǒ, Sìfāng dōushì cháiláng, Níngyuàn sǐ bù tuìràng, Níngyuàn sǐ bù tóuxiáng Wǒměn de guóqí zài chóngwǒi zhōng piāodàng piāodàng, piāodàng piāodàng, piāodàng.
Bābǎi zhuàngshì yī tiáo xīn, shíwàn qíangdí bù néng dǎng, Wǒměn de xíngdòng wěiliè, wǒměn de qìjié háozhuàng, Tǒngbāomen qǐlái!
Kuàikuài gǎnshàng zhànchǎng, ná bābăi zhuàngshì zuò bǎngyàng.