guardian_learning | 第二年第二百三十七天

语法
X + 不如 + Y, "X is not as good as Y"
X + 不如 + Y + Adj./V "X isn't/doesn't as... as Y"
不如 + (S) + V "might as well do X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparisons_with_%22buru%22
N/Adj. + 化 "X-ify, X-ize, X-ification"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Making_%22-ize%22_and_%22-ify%22_verbs_with_%22hua%22
难怪 + person "you can't blame X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22nanguai%22_as_a_verb
S + 将（+ 要/会）+ V "will do X in future [formal]"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_future_with_%22jiang%22

词汇
年级, grade (in school); 年轻, young; 过年, celebrate new year; 老年, elderly; 前年, year before last; 青年, youth; 青少年, teenage; 全年, annual; 少年, juvenile; 中年, middle age; 周年, anniversary
鸟, bird
弄, get/make
努力, strive, make efforts
爬, climb, crawl; 爬山, mountain climbing
怕, fear; 可怕, fearsome
年级 niánjí, grade (in school); 年轻 niánqīng, young; 过年 guònián, celebrate new year; 老年 lǎonián, elderly; 前年 qiánnián, year before last; 青年 qīngnián, youth; 青少年 qīngshàonián, teenage; 全年 quánnián, annual; 少年 shàonián, juvenile; 中年 zhōngnián, middle age; 周年 zhōunián, anniversary
鸟 niǎo, bird
弄 nòng, get/make
努力 nǔlì, strive, make efforts
爬 pá, climb; 爬山 páshān, mountain climbing
怕 pà, fear; 可怕 kěpà, fearsome
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

玩玩
Videos of two interesting places I’ve come across recently, both mainland China: rural villages in Guizhou (channel), and Gulangyu Island in Xiamen.

又周一了，八月那么快终于了吧。快要秋天来了。加油吧！