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65% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 258 distinct words across 473 words of Chinese.
HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
| If you are at HSK 2 | you already know about 57% of the words |
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| If you are at HSK 3 | you already know about 65% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 4 | you already know about 71% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 5 | you already know about 74% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 6 | you already know about 84% of the words |
The words that will slow you down
HSK 7-9 or outside the lists entirely, most frequent first.
风调雨顺 3× 衣锦 3× 征 3× 采 2× 祈祷 2× 祈 2× 拼命 2× 饱经风霜 1× 饥寒 1× 风雨 1× 颤颤 1× 阳 1× 金碧 1× 逸 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 风调雨顺×3 fēng tiáo yǔ shùn | 风 wind + 调 harmonize + 雨 rain + 顺 obey | to have good weather for crops | 1 |
| 天灾人祸 tiān zāi rén huò | 天 day + 灾 disaster + 人 person + 祸 disaster | natural calamities and man-made disasters | 1 |
| 起早贪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi | 起 rise + 早 early + 贪 have a voracious… + 黑 black | to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late | 2 |
| 饱经风霜 bǎo jīng fēng shuāng | 饱 eat till full + 经 classics + 风 wind + 霜 frost | weather-beaten; having experienced the hardships of life | 1 |
| 迫不得已 pò bù dé yǐ | 迫 persecute + 不 no + 得 obtain + 已 already | to have no alternative; compelled by circumstances; forced into sth | 2 |
| 碌碌无为 lù lù wú wéi | 碌 Taiwan pr. [lu4] + 碌 Taiwan pr. [lu4] + 无 without + 为 to be | unaccomplished; mediocre | 4 |
| 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng | 家 home + 破 broken + 人 person + 亡 die | family bankrupt and the people dead; ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless | 1 |
| 妻离子散 qī lí zǐ sàn | 妻 wife + 离 leave + 子 son + 散 scatter | a family wrenched apart | 2 |
Grammar in this song
| 了 (aspect/change) | 5× |
|---|---|
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 2× |
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 1× |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 1× |
| adj+一点(儿) (a bit more …) | 1× |
| 把-construction | 1× |
| 被 (passive) | 1× |
| resultative complement V错 (V wrongly) | 1× |
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