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心如刀割

84% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 64 distinct words across 231 words of Chinese.

HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
If you are at HSK 2you already know about 77% of the words
If you are at HSK 3you already know about 84% of the words
If you are at HSK 4you already know about 87% of the words
If you are at HSK 5you already know about 91% of the words
If you are at HSK 6you already know about 92% of the words

The words that will slow you down

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

 3×   辗转反侧 2×    2×   束手无策 2×   悠然自得 2×   恋恋不舍 2×   心如刀割 2×    2×   触摸 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
悠然自得×2
yōu rán zì dé
悠 long or drawn out + 然 so + 自 self + 得 obtain1
束手无策×2
shù shǒu wú cè
to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about ithelpless in the face of a crisis4
恋恋不舍×2
liàn liàn bù shě
恋 feel attached to + 恋 feel attached to + 不 no + 舍 give upreluctant to part6
辗转反侧×2
zhǎn zhuǎn fǎn cè
to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)20
心如刀割×2
xīn rú dāo gē
心 heart + 如 as + 刀 knife + 割 cutto feel as if having one's heart cut out; to be torn with grief9

Grammar in this song

了 (aspect/change)14×
着 (continuous aspect)
是…的 (emphasis)

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