天外来物
74% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 95 distinct words across 223 words of Chinese.
HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
| If you are at HSK 2 | you already know about 68% of the words |
|---|---|
| If you are at HSK 3 | you already know about 74% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 4 | you already know about 80% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 5 | you already know about 85% of the words |
| If you are at HSK 6 | you already know about 87% of the words |
The words that will slow you down
HSK 7-9 or outside the lists entirely, most frequent first.
物 4× 俗 3× 人格 3× 世 3× 蜂拥而至 2× 舍 2× 求之不得 2× 契 2× 褪 1× 葛 1× 是非 1× 明 1× 捧 1× 失而复得 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 求之不得×2 qiú zhī bù dé | seek but fail to get | exactly what one’s been looking for | 3 |
| 蜂拥而至×2 fēng yōng ér zhì | 蜂 bee + 拥 hold in one's arms + 而 and yet + 至 arrive | to arrive in huge numbers; to flock there | 1 |
| 失而复得 shī ér fù dé | 失 lose + 而 and yet + 复 go and return + 得 obtain | to lose sth and then regain it | 7 |
| 别有用心 bié yǒu yòng xīn | 别 leave + 有 have + 用 use + 心 heart | to have an ulterior motive | 3 |
Grammar in this song
| 了 (aspect/change) | 12× |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 1× |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 1× |
| 有点(儿)+adj (a bit …) | 1× |
| 被 (passive) | 2× |
See the lyrics colour-coded
We do not store lyric text, so this page shows counts only. Paste the words to 天外来物 and you get every word tinted by difficulty, its HSK level, an English gloss, and the vocabulary worth learning first — scored against your own level.