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黑白灰

70% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 103 distinct words across 292 words of Chinese.

HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
If you are at HSK 2you already know about 60% of the words
If you are at HSK 3you already know about 70% of the words
If you are at HSK 4you already know about 73% of the words
If you are at HSK 5you already know about 79% of the words
If you are at HSK 6you already know about 82% of the words

The words that will slow you down

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

是非 11×   抉择 10×   黑白 4×   推测 4×    2×   邪恶 2×    2×    2×   何必 2×    2×    1×    1×    1×   白费力气 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
白费力气
bái fèi lì qì
白 white + 费 cost + 力 power + 气 gas2

Grammar in this song

是…的 (emphasis)
A不A / A没A (yes-no question)
着 (continuous aspect)
V一V / V了V (casual verb reduplication)
把-construction

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