第二十四天

[nnozomi]

也，also
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/The_%22also%22_adverb_%22ye%22

Pretty straightforward but good to know?

Guardian:
这地星人也是人 (Dixingren are people too)
我每次都选择相信你。我也不知道为什么。(I choose to trust you every time. I don't know why either.)
我也是奶奶带大的 (I was brought up by my grandmother too)

My practice:
我也爱吃巧克力蛋糕，以后一起吃吧
如果他们也不会去，结果没人是去的。
悲伤也好，痛苦也好 (吴邪的歌，;( )

(Quick note to avoid confusion: this is guardian_learning because it was originally made for a related purpose and I didn't feel like changing the name, also the Guardian script etc. is what I have on hand and know best, but Guardian is definitely a starting point rather than a required topic! People have been kindly bringing quotes/references from 山河令， MDZS/CQL, DMBJ etc. here and there, plus outside of dramas we have experts on Zhou Shen, Andy Lau and so on, absolutely anything welcome.)

Comments

[trobadora]

I find it fascinating that a word that can mean "to rule/govern" can also mean "to slaughter"!

[presumenothing]

OH HEY I just Baidu'd this and there's a historical explanation actually!

Rough TL;DR of the introductory paragraph: 宰 originally referred to criminals serving as servants, who would often be craftsmen with more specialised skills, hence the meaning extended to supervising/taking charge etc (and further from there to various official positions as society developed). On the other hand, slaughtering of livestock would also be handled by the head servant in Ye Olden Times, and thus the other extended meaning of slaughtering/butchering (and further on to colloquial terms for overcharging people for stuff, lol).

Examples of each usage on the Wikitionary page!

[trobadora]

Oh, that's super fascinating, thank you for looking it up!