Mencius’ Mother Moves 3 Times 孟母三迁| Education in China | Chinese Podcast

YouTube · Chloe Chinese Class · Learner content · 2026/04/09

2026/04/09

Speech duration: 8min 1s
Unique characters · 205 once: 414
Word count: 883
Average sentence length: 9.4
Length: 8:19
Unique words · 228 once: 379
Syllables per minute: 172
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 146
Difficulty Beyond ranked vocabularydifficulty Many of this content's words are outside our ranked vocabulary list — specialised terms or name-like words — so no level reaches 95% word coverage. How difficulty works: Beyond ranked vocabulary

Many of this content's words are outside our ranked vocabulary list — specialised terms or name-like words — so no level reaches 95% word coverage.

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HSK 1 43%
HSK 2 7%
HSK 3 12%
HSK 4 12%
HSK 5 7%
HSK 6 3%
HSK 7–9 2%
Not on HSK 13%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 75% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 85%, HSK 1–9 covers 87%.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
的	de	of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的\|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs; really and truly; a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4]); (bound form) bull's-eye; target	65	Lv 1
孩子	hái zi	child	18	Lv 2
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	18	Lv 1
在	zài	to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)	17	Lv 1
了	le	(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無\|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least; (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly; to understand clearly (variant of 瞭\|了[liao3]); unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]	16	Lv 1
呢	ne	particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation; dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)	16	Lv 2
是	shì	to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4]	16	Lv 1
多	duō	many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-	10	Lv 2
孟	mèng	first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers; surname Meng	10	Unranked
母	mǔ	mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female	9	Lv 31
父母	fù mǔ	father and mother; parents	9	Lv 7
中国	zhōng guó	China	8	Lv 15
和	hé	(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others; to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards; to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]; to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs; old variant of 和[he2]; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]); surname He	8	Lv 1
学区房	xué qū fáng	a residential property located within the designated catchment area of a desirable school, often sought after by parents to secure school admission for their children	8	Unranked
房子	fáng zi	house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟\|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間\|间[jian1]	8	Lv 5
教育	jiào yù	to educate; to teach; education	8	Lv 26
泰国	tài guó	Thailand	8	Lv 70
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	7	Lv 1
为了	wèi le	for; for the purpose of; in order to	7	Lv 3
他们	tā men	they; them	7	Lv 1

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An 8-minute video from Chloe Chinese Class with 8 minutes of speech at 172 syllables per minute. It's 883 words long, using 379 different words. Difficulty: Beyond ranked vocabulary — many of its words are outside our ranked vocabulary list, so no level reaches 95% word coverage. Words to learn first include 的, 孩子, 很.