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两难

80% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 250 distinct words across 545 words of Chinese.

HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
If you are at HSK 2you already know about 71% of the words
If you are at HSK 3you already know about 80% of the words
If you are at HSK 4you already know about 85% of the words
If you are at HSK 5you already know about 90% of the words
If you are at HSK 6you already know about 93% of the words

The words that will slow you down

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

 3×   执着 3×   忽冷忽热 3×    1×   陷阱 1×   陌生 1×    1×    1×    1×   自以为是 1×   肩膀 1×    1×   结局 1×   短暂 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
忽冷忽热×3
hū lěng hū rè
忽 neglect + 冷 cold + 忽 neglect + 热 warm upnow hot, now cold; (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate6
坐以待毙
zuò yǐ dài bì
坐 sit + 以 by means of + 待 wait + 毙 dieto sit and wait for death; resigned to one's fate2
自以为是
zì yǐ wéi shì
自 self + 以 by means of + 为 to be + 是 beto believe oneself infallible; to be opinionated21

Grammar in this song

了 (aspect/change)
过 (experiential aspect)
更/最 (degree adverbs)
着 (continuous aspect)
AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢)
被 (passive)
的话 (conditional tail)
把-construction

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