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杀手修炼手册

61% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 162 distinct words across 205 words of Chinese.

HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
If you are at HSK 2you already know about 53% of the words
If you are at HSK 3you already know about 61% of the words
If you are at HSK 4you already know about 65% of the words
If you are at HSK 5you already know about 70% of the words
If you are at HSK 6you already know about 77% of the words

The words that will slow you down

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

 2×   出手 2×   饲料 1×   风云 1×   雄霸 1×   铤而走险 1×    1×   贪官污吏 1×    1×    1×    1×    1×    1×   绑架 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
贪官污吏
tān guān wū lì
贪 have a voracious… + 官 government offici… + 污 dirty + 吏 minor government…grasping officials, corrupt mandarins; abuse and corruption1
强人所难
qiǎng rén suǒ nán
强 force + 人 person + 所 that which + 难 difficultto force someone to do something1
礼轻情意重
lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
礼 gift + 轻 light + 情 feelings + 意 idea + 重 heavygoose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it; It's not th…1
冤家路窄
yuān jiā lù zhǎi
for enemies, the road is narrowrivals inevitably cross paths1
当众出丑
dāng zhòng chū chǒu
当 ought + 众 crowd + 出 go out + 丑 clown1
以泪洗面
yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
以 by means of + 泪 tears + 洗 wash + 面 faceto bathe one's face in tears5
孑然一身
jié rán yī shēn
孑 lonely + 然 so + 一 one + 身 bodyto be all alone in the world5
铤而走险
tǐng ér zǒu xiǎn
铤 big arrow + 而 and yet + 走 walk + 险 dangerto take a risk out of desperation3

Grammar in this song

了 (aspect/change)
更/最 (degree adverbs)
着 (continuous aspect)
不如 (comparison / might as well)

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