断水流
71% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 320 distinct words across 545 words of Chinese.
HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
| If you are at HSK 2 | you already know about 63% of the words |
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| If you are at HSK 3 | you already know about 71% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 4 | you already know about 74% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 5 | you already know about 77% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 6 | you already know about 81% of the words |
The words that will slow you down
HSK 7-9 or outside the lists entirely, most frequent first.
匆匆 4× 世 3× 黄昏 2× 辨 2× 言 2× 真假 2× 朦胧 2× 战 2× 懵 2× 天之 2× 卸 2× 假装 2× 何必 2× 何处 2×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 不知深浅 bù zhī shēn jiān | 不 no + 知 know + 深 deep + 浅 sound of moving w… | — | 1 |
| 放下包袱 fàng xia bāo fu | 放 put + 下 down + 包 cover + 袱 a cloth used to w… | to lay down a heavy burden | 1 |
| 皇亲国戚 huáng qīn guó qī | 皇 emperor + 亲 parent + 国 country + 戚 grief | the emperor relatives; person with powerful connections | 3 |
| 昏天暗地 hūn tiān àn de | 昏 muddle-headed + 天 day + 暗 dark + 地 -ly | — | 1 |
| 飞檐走壁 fēi yán zǒu bì | 飞 fly + 檐 eaves + 走 walk + 壁 wall | to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts) | 6 |
| 光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì | 光 light + 天 day + 化 make into + 日 day | peace and prosperity | 2 |
| 一叶障目 yī yè zhàng mù | eyes obscured by a single leaf | not seeing the wider picture | 1 |
| 见好就收 jiàn hǎo jiù shōu | 见 see + 好 good + 就 in that case + 收 receive | to quit while one is ahead; to know when to stop | 3 |
| 颠倒是非 diān dǎo shì fēi | 颠 top + 倒 fall + 是 be + 非 not be | to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead | 1 |
| 付诸东流 fù zhū dōng liú | 付 pay + 诸 all + 东 east + 流 flow | wasted effort | 1 |
| 风雨同舟 fēng yǔ tóng zhōu | in the same boat under wind and rain | to stick together in hard times | 1 |
| 有血有肉 yǒu xuè yǒu ròu | 有 have + 血 blood + 有 have + 肉 meat | — | 4 |
| 怪腔怪调 guài qiāng guài diào | 怪 odd + 腔 tune + 怪 odd + 调 transfer | strange accent; odd manner of speaking or singing | 1 |
| 迫不及待 pò bù jí dài | 迫 persecute + 不 no + 及 and + 待 wait | unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay | 12 |
Grammar in this song
| 了 (aspect/change) | 5× |
|---|---|
| line-final 吗/呢/吧 (question/suggestion) | 2× |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 4× |
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 3× |
| 一…就 (as soon as) | 6× |
| directional complement (V+起来/下去/出来…) | 4× |
| 把-construction | 2× |
| 被 (passive) | 1× |
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