第二年第二百二十三天

[nnozomi]

语法
多亏(了) + helpful thing "thanks to X"
多亏 + good thing + S + 才 + outcome "it was only thanks to X that..."
多亏了 + good thing + 不然 + bad thing "if it were not for X good thing, Y bad thing would have happened"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22thanks_to%22_with_%22duokui%22
noun + 而已, "only X"
[sentence] + 而已, "it's only X, X was all that happened," etc.
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22that%27s_all%22_with_%22eryi%22
S + 将 + O + verb phrase "taking X and doing..."
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22jiang%22_as_a_formal_%22ba%22

词汇
满, full; 满意, satisfied; 不满, dissatisfied
猫, cat
米, meter
面, side, aspect, also face, surface, flour; 对面, opposite side; 方便面, instant noodles; 方面, aspect; 面前, in front of, before
名, 名称, name; 名单, list; 报名, sign up; 姓名, full name
明星, star (in the sense of celebrity); 说明, explain
满 mǎn, full; 满意 mǎnyì, satisfied; 不满 bùmǎn, dissatisfied
猫 māo, cat
米 mǐ, meter
面 miàn, side, aspect, also face, surface, flour; 对面 duìmiàn, opposite side; 方便面 fāngbiànmiàn, instant noodles; 方面 fāngmiàn, aspect; 面前 miànqián, in front of, before
名 míng, 名称 míngchēng, name; 名单 míngdān, list; 报名 bàomíng, sign up; 姓名 xìngmíng, full name明星 míngxīng, star (in the sense of celebrity); 说明 shuōmíng, explain
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

玩玩
New-ish? Zhou Shen (I don’t know, I can’t keep up), 同行同往; also Liu Chang doing one of his signature tunes, 雨人, at the 8/17 DMBJ fanfest (video on B站, there aren’t enough Liu Chang fans on YouTube).

大家过得怎么样？这里闷热，热门，热死了。秋天快来！

Comments

[sakana17]

From The Plough, chapter 50:
照猫画虎 - to draw a tiger using a cat as a model (to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject; uninspired imitation)

[nnozomi]

照猫画虎 - to draw a tiger using a cat as a model
What an excellent 成语！ New to me. 🐯🐱