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《纸鸢前世》

52% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 106 distinct words across 317 words of Chinese.

HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
If you are at HSK 2you already know about 44% of the words
If you are at HSK 3you already know about 52% of the words
If you are at HSK 4you already know about 60% of the words
If you are at HSK 5you already know about 68% of the words
If you are at HSK 6you already know about 72% of the words

The words that will slow you down

HSK 7-9 or outside the lists entirely, most frequent first.

 5×    5×   隐隐 3×    3×   腐朽 3×    3×   相思 3×    3×   有始有终 3×    3×   思念 3×   往事 3×   孩童 3×    2×  

Chengyu

A chengyu is a four-character idiom that packs a whole scene into four syllables. The literal column is what the characters say; the meaning is what the phrase does — and the last column is how many of the 6,545 songs analysed so far use it.

ChengyuLiterallyMeaningSongs
有始有终×3
yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng
有 have + 始 begin + 有 have + 终 endwhere there's a start, there's a finish; to finish once one starts sth; to carry things through15
草长莺飞×2
cǎo cháng yīng fēi
草 grass + 长 long + 莺 oriole or various… + 飞 fly2
时过境迁×2
shí guò jìng qiān
时 o'clock + 过 cross + 境 border + 迁 movethings change with the passage of time9
千言万语×2
qiān yán wàn yǔ
千 thousand + 言 words + 万 ten thousand + 语 dialectthousands of words; having a lot of things to say; talking nonstop9
遮遮掩掩×2
zhē zhē yǎn yǎn
遮 cover up + 遮 cover up + 掩 cover up + 掩 cover upto be secretive; to try to cover up1

Grammar in this song

AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢)
更/最 (degree adverbs)
又…又… (both…and)
resultative complement V完 (finish V-ing)
potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着)

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