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Its videos run from 2 to 13 on a 0–100 scale, with a median of 6. That is a comparatively tight 11-point spread, so what you land on is fairly predictable. None of its 71 scored videos pass 40. 100% carry human-written subtitles rather than auto-generated ones.

71
videos scored
6
median difficulty
213
full range
20 h
of material
HSK2-HSK5
vocabulary range

Read the vocabulary range as the channel’s own spread: in three of every four of its videos the vocabulary demand starts at the lower level or above, and stays at the upper one or below. The upper bound is how far the rare words reach, not how hard the speech is — a channel built on one specialised subject carries a high ceiling on perfectly ordinary sentences. For whether you can keep up, read the median difficulty next to it: that one is mostly about how fast people talk.

Where its videos actually sit

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Each bar counts this channel’s videos in one ten-point slice of the scale. A median alone hides that shape, which is why the ranking shows a range rather than a single level. Bars from 40 up are dimmed because the advanced shelf begins at 43 — that is the part of the channel that stops being an easy watch.

Its hardest videos — where the channel stops being easy

Learn Chinese Through News | Xi Jinping Leaves North Korea after the State Visit | HSK 4
score 13HSK2-HSK5~16,000 words15 minmedium
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537 Five words native Chinese speakers often use, but Chinese learners don't
score 12HSK3-HSK4~23,000 words10 minmedium
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Learn Chinese Through News | HSK 4-5
score 11HSK2-HSK3~18,000 words21 minmedium
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Xi Jinping Visits North Korea to Meet Kim Jong Un | Learn Chinese Through News | HSK 4
score 11HSK3-HSK4~30,000 words13 minmedium
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Learn Chinese Through News| Trump and Xi Jinping at State Banquet
score 10HSK3-HSK6~30,000 words19 minmedium
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Learn Chinese Through News | HSK 4-5 | The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
score 10HSK4-HSK6~30,000 words15 minmedium
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Learn Chinese Through News | 马到成功 |Intermediate Chinese
score 9HSK4-HSK6~30,000 words15 minslow
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Learn Chinese Through News | HSK 4-5
score 9HSK3-HSK4~25,000 words19 minmedium
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Learn Chinese Through News | 新闻联播|HSK 3-4
score 9HSK4-HSK6~30,000 words12 minslow
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542 Order Food at Restaurants in Chinese, Useful Sentences Used in Ordering Food at Restaurants
score 9HSK3-HSK4~30,000 words12 minslow
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