They didn’t say sorry — but everything was okay | Beginner

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2026/02/07

Speech duration: 6min 18s
Unique characters · 32 once: 162
Word count: 901
Average sentence length: 6.7
Length: 7:20
Unique words · 40 once: 141
Syllables per minute: 202
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 189
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 63 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 63 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 63

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 63 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 63 sits in the Advanced range.

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Vocab coverage

The Level you need to know each share of this video’s words. The dark 95% step is its difficulty.

Lv 1

Lv 3

Lv 20

Lv 63

Lv 93

HSK 3.0 coverage

Which HSK 3.0 list each of this video’s words comes from.

HSK 1 70%
HSK 2 6%
HSK 3 10%
HSK 4 2%
HSK 5 0%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 10%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 88% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 89%, HSK 1–9 covers 90%.

Words to learn first

Pick a level to see the words a learner there needs to understand 95% of this video’s words.

Starting from zero (Beginner), learn 99 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 99 words.

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	88	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	69	Lv 1
你	nǐ	you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]); you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)	33	Lv 1
说	shuō	to persuade; to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine; variant of 說\|说[shuo1]	31	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	26	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]	26	Lv 1
哥哥	gē gē	older brother; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	25	Lv 9
他	tā	(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])	23	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	22	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	22	Lv 1
她	tā	she	21	Lv 1
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	20	Lv 1
侄女	zhí nǚ	brother's daughter; niece	16	Lv 63
侄子	zhí zi	brother's son; nephew	14	Lv 43
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]	13	Lv 1
故事	gù shì	old practice; narrative; story; tale	12	Lv 6
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	12	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-	11	Lv 2
需要	xū yào	to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs	11	Lv 2
做	zuò	to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)	10	Lv 1

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A 7-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 6 minutes of speech at 202 syllables per minute. It's 901 words long, using 141 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 63 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 63 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 我, 你.