第二年第一百六十六天

[nnozomi]

语法
白 + V + 了, "do X to no effect, waste effort on X" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_wasted_efforts_with_%22bai%22

词汇
近, near; 最近, lately 近 jìn, near; 最近 zuìjìn, lately
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你以为咱们老赵这个鬼见愁的名号是白叫的呀？did you think our Lao Zhao is called an ogre for nothing?
还好没中了他们的陷阱，要不然之前的努力都白费了, just as well I didn't fall into their trap, or else all my previous effort would have been for nothing
在这个世界上两个人可能离得很近，却一直没有见过对方, in this world two people can be very close and yet never see each other

Me:
语言学习从来不是白学的。
我最近身体不太好。