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44% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 571 distinct words across 4770 words of Chinese.

HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
If you are at HSK 2you already know about 37% of the words
If you are at HSK 3you already know about 44% of the words
If you are at HSK 4you already know about 52% of the words
If you are at HSK 5you already know about 53% of the words
If you are at HSK 6you already know about 63% of the words

The words that will slow you down

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

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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
大千世界×7
dà qiān shì jiè
大 big + 千 thousand + 世 life + 界 boundarygreat wide world; marvelously diverse world2
一切众生×4
yī qiē zhòng shēng
一 one + 切 cut + 众 crowd + 生 grow2
不可思议×4
bù kě sī yì
不 no + 可 can + 思 think + 议 comment oninconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable19
如是我闻
rú shì wǒ wén
如 as + 是 be + 我 I + 闻 hearso I have heard; the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Anan…1
亦复如是
yì fù rú shì
亦 also + 复 go and return + 如 as + 是 be2
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
恒 permanent + 河 river + 沙 granule + 数 numbercountless as the grains of sand in the Ganges3
作如是观
zuō rú shì guān
作 troublesome + 如 as + 是 be + 观 look at1
皆大欢喜
jiē dà huān xǐ
皆 all + 大 big + 欢 joyous + 喜 be fond ofAs You Like It, comedy by Shakespeare; to everyone's delight and satisfaction1

Grammar in this song

着 (continuous aspect)
比 (comparison)
更/最 (degree adverbs)
AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢)
过 (experiential aspect)
potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着)

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