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巷寨

66% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 272 distinct words across 446 words of Chinese.

HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
If you are at HSK 2you already know about 55% of the words
If you are at HSK 3you already know about 66% of the words
If you are at HSK 4you already know about 71% of the words
If you are at HSK 5you already know about 77% of the words
If you are at HSK 6you already know about 83% of the words

The words that will slow you down

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

 3×    3×    3×   通往 2×   笼罩 2×   拥挤 2×    2×    2×   参差不齐 2×    1×   香烟 1×    1×   飞速 1×   顺手 1×  

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
参差不齐×2
cēn cī bù qí
参 take part in + 差 difference + 不 no + 齐 neatvariable; uneven1
错综复杂
cuò zōng fù zá
错 mistake + 综 Taiwan pr. [zong4] + 复 go and return + 杂 mixedtangled and complicated6
不择手段
bù zé shǒu duàn
不 no + 择 select + 手 hand + 段 paragraphby fair means or foul; by hook or by crook3

Grammar in this song

了 (aspect/change)
着 (continuous aspect)
过 (experiential aspect)
AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢)
被 (passive)10×
一边…一边… (simultaneous)
potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着)
连…都/也 (even)

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