Explosicum — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 31 songs (4,211 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 49.7% — rank 151 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 50% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 64% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 55% |
HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
Songs, easiest to hardest
Ranked by the share of HSK 1-3 vocabulary. Lyrics are not shown or stored — open a song to see its vocabulary breakdown, or paste the lyrics for the colour-coded view.
| Song | HSK 1-3 | Known at HSK 5 | Words | Distinct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 不服就赣 | 66% | 83% | 41 | 23 |
| livingsdeal | 63% | 80% | 132 | 81 |
| firefire | 62% | 73% | 173 | 76 |
| ragingliving | 62% | 77% | 132 | 103 |
| 懦夫救星 | 61% | 77% | 119 | 61 |
| 黑铁 | 58% | 66% | 38 | 30 |
| thrashyourlife | 57% | 73% | 204 | 91 |
| keepfighting | 57% | 70% | 148 | 71 |
| 疯狗 | 55% | 74% | 103 | 66 |
| rescueme | 55% | 64% | 233 | 103 |
| fasterthanshot | 54% | 60% | 50 | 38 |
| bornforkiiiiiiiiiiiiill | 53% | 72% | 192 | 88 |
| thrashoutyourbrain | 51% | 60% | 91 | 72 |
| moshordie | 50% | 64% | 149 | 96 |
| gameover | 50% | 66% | 193 | 61 |
| thrashbutcher | 50% | 62% | 159 | 62 |
| 爆浆moshordie | 49% | 65% | 124 | 96 |
| flyintwins | 49% | 57% | 86 | 61 |
| hero | 49% | 63% | 105 | 88 |
| slaaaaaayer | 47% | 60% | 177 | 105 |
| 永不 | 47% | 66% | 102 | 93 |
| thrash&claaaaash | 47% | 68% | 132 | 86 |
| storm | 47% | 58% | 192 | 91 |
| dominator | 44% | 56% | 87 | 69 |
| collapse | 43% | 59% | 223 | 90 |
| ontheroadofdeath | 41% | 65% | 176 | 67 |
| killthemall | 41% | 62% | 122 | 82 |
| conflict | 41% | 62% | 228 | 66 |
| endlesskilling | 37% | 60% | 126 | 76 |
| nlns | 33% | 59% | 91 | 65 |
| holocaust | 29% | 43% | 83 | 66 |
Most distinctive words
Words this artist uses far more often than the rest of the corpus does — what makes their writing recognisable, rather than simply what they say most.
| Word | vs. other artists | in their songs |
|---|---|---|
| 戮 | 147.8× | 7 of 31 |
| 撞击 | 84.5× | 4 of 31 |
| 嗜 | 79.2× | 3 of 31 |
| 冲撞 | 70.4× | 5 of 31 |
| 秩序 | 58.6× | 5 of 31 |
| 争夺 | 57.6× | 3 of 31 |
| 鲜血 | 51.0× | 7 of 31 |
| 死亡 | 50.5× | 11 of 31 |
| 爆发 | 48.7× | 3 of 31 |
| 激 | 48.7× | 3 of 31 |
| 召唤 | 42.2× | 5 of 31 |
| 肢体 | 42.2× | 3 of 31 |
Words this artist leans on that HSK 1-6 never teaches
Most frequent vocabulary in the HSK 7-9 band or outside the lists entirely.
向往 21× 解救 19× 灵魂 15× 戮 15× 穿越 14× 秩序 14× 欲望 14× 瞬间 13× 地狱 13× 懦夫 11× 鲜血 11× 笼罩 11×
Grammar you will meet
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 39% of songs |
|---|---|
| 被 (passive) | 26% of songs |
| 了 (aspect/change) | 19% of songs |
| directional complement (V+起来/下去/出来…) | 10% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 10% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 6% of songs |
| line-final 吗/呢/吧 (question/suggestion) | 6% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 3% of songs |