第二年第二百五十八天

[nnozomi]

语法
SV1 + S2 + 不但/不仅 + 不/没 + V2 + S3 + 反而 + V3 (phew) "When X happened, not only did Y not happen, the OPPOSITE of Y happened"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22on_the_contrary%22_with_%22fan%27er%22

词汇
轻, light (as in not heavy), 年轻, young 轻 qīng, light, 年轻 niánqīng, young
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
现在关于我们特调处的负面新闻不仅没有减少，反而越传越离谱, right now the negative news about our SID is not just not decreasing, it's getting farther from the truth the more it spreads [so satisfying to find an exact example of a weird grammatical pattern in real usage]
你这太年轻肯定不行, you're too young, forget about it.
我轻点, I'll [rub salve on your arm] a little more lightly.

Me:
冷了的时候，我的花花不仅没死，它们反而开起来花得很漂亮。
这个盒子并不轻，你帮我拿一下。

Comments

[trobadora]

[so satisfying to find an exact example of a weird grammatical pattern in real usage]

Hee! Right? Excellent find! :D

[nnozomi]

Isn't it? Thank you, Zhu Hong :)