挂羊头卖狗肉
82% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 232 distinct words across 519 words of Chinese.
HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
| If you are at HSK 2 | you already know about 72% of the words |
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| If you are at HSK 3 | you already know about 82% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 4 | you already know about 87% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 5 | you already know about 91% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 6 | you already know about 92% of the words |
The words that will slow you down
HSK 7-9 or outside the lists entirely, most frequent first.
语 3× 心里话 3× 顺理成章 1× 采集 1× 逃避 1× 让步 1× 解答 1× 良药苦口 1× 舍 1× 翘 1× 绑 1× 纠 1× 累计 1× 索 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.
| Chengyu | Literally | Meaning | Songs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 称兄道弟 chèn xiōng dào dì | 称 fit + 兄 elder brother + 道 road + 弟 younger brother | — | 2 |
| 顺理成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng | 顺 obey + 理 texture + 成 succeed + 章 chapter | logical; only to be expected | 4 |
| 柴米油盐 chái mǐ yóu yán | firewood, rice, oil and salt | life's daily necessities | 6 |
| 挂羊头卖狗肉 guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu | to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat | to cheat | 1 |
| 糖衣炮弹 táng yī pào dàn | 糖 sugar + 衣 clothes + 炮 cannon + 弹 crossball | sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois i… | 1 |
| 良药苦口 liáng yào kǔ kǒu | 良 good + 药 leaf of the iris + 苦 bitter + 口 mouth | good medicine tastes bitter; fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow | 1 |
Grammar in this song
| 了 (aspect/change) | 6× |
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| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 5× |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 2× |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 1× |
| 把-construction | 3× |
| 被 (passive) | 3× |
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