序曲：12年前
88% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 208 distinct words across 640 words of Chinese.
HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
| If you are at HSK 2 | you already know about 80% of the words |
|---|---|
| If you are at HSK 3 | you already know about 88% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 4 | you already know about 90% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 5 | you already know about 92% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 6 | you already know about 94% of the words |
The words that will slow you down
HSK 7-9 or outside the lists entirely, most frequent first.
恩 6× 曲 4× 灵感 3× 风雨不改 2× 都会 2× 焦 2× 幼稚 2× 固执 2× 借口 2× 鼻涕 1× 钻牛角尖 1× 苛刻 1× 焦急 1× 每逢 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.
| Chengyu | Literally | Meaning | Songs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 风雨不改×2 fēng yǔ bù gǎi | 风 wind + 雨 rain + 不 no + 改 change | — | 2 |
| 钻牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān | to penetrate into a bull's horn | to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem | 3 |
Grammar in this song
| 了 (aspect/change) | 7× |
|---|---|
| line-final 吗/呢/吧 (question/suggestion) | 2× |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 3× |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 2× |
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 1× |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 1× |
| 被 (passive) | 3× |
| 的话 (conditional tail) | 3× |
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