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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 2you already know about 63% of the words
If you are at HSK 3you already know about 71% of the words
If you are at HSK 4you already know about 74% of the words
If you are at HSK 5you already know about 77% of the words
If you are at HSK 6you 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×    3×   黄昏 2×    2×    2×   真假 2×   朦胧 2×    2×    2×   天之 2×    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.

ChengyuLiterallyMeaningSongs
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 burden1
皇亲国戚
huáng qīn guó qī
皇 emperor + 亲 parent + 国 country + 戚 griefthe emperor relatives; person with powerful connections3
昏天暗地
hūn tiān àn de
昏 muddle-headed + 天 day + 暗 dark + 地 -ly1
飞檐走壁
fēi yán zǒu bì
飞 fly + 檐 eaves + 走 walk + 壁 wallto 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 daypeace and prosperity2
一叶障目
yī yè zhàng mù
eyes obscured by a single leafnot seeing the wider picture1
见好就收
jiàn hǎo jiù shōu
见 see + 好 good + 就 in that case + 收 receiveto quit while one is ahead; to know when to stop3
颠倒是非
diān dǎo shì fēi
颠 top + 倒 fall + 是 be + 非 not beto distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead1
付诸东流
fù zhū dōng liú
付 pay + 诸 all + 东 east + 流 flowwasted effort1
风雨同舟
fēng yǔ tóng zhōu
in the same boat under wind and rainto stick together in hard times1
有血有肉
yǒu xuè yǒu ròu
有 have + 血 blood + 有 have + 肉 meat4
怪腔怪调
guài qiāng guài diào
怪 odd + 腔 tune + 怪 odd + 调 transferstrange accent; odd manner of speaking or singing1
迫不及待
pò bù jí dài
迫 persecute + 不 no + 及 and + 待 waitunable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay12

Grammar in this song

了 (aspect/change)
line-final 吗/呢/吧 (question/suggestion)
AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢)
着 (continuous aspect)
一…就 (as soon as)
directional complement (V+起来/下去/出来…)
把-construction
被 (passive)

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