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谁是老大

55% of this song's words are HSK 1-3. 123 distinct words across 193 words of Chinese.

HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
If you are at HSK 2you already know about 48% of the words
If you are at HSK 3you already know about 55% of the words
If you are at HSK 4you already know about 60% of the words
If you are at HSK 5you already know about 64% of the words
If you are at HSK 6you already know about 69% of the words

The words that will slow you down

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

老大 5×    4×    4×   风沙 2×    2×    2×    2×   漫天 2×    2×    2×    2×    2×    2×   鬓苍 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
口蜜腹剑
kǒu mì fù jiàn
honeyed words, a sword in the bellyhypocritical and murderous1
笑里藏刀
xiào lǐ cáng dāo
a dagger hidden in smiles; friendly manners belying hypocritical intentionswhen the fox preaches, look to the geese2
翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì
翻 turn over + 天 day + 覆 cover + 地 earthsky and the earth turning upside down; fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head4

Grammar in this song

过 (experiential aspect)

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