第二年第二百五十九天

[nnozomi]

语法
格外 (+ 地) + adj./verb "especially X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22especially%22_with_%22gewai%22
尽管 + SV1 (+可是/但是) + S2 (+还是) + V2, "even though X..., still Y"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22although%22_with_%22jinguan%22
SV1 + (S2) + 倒 + V2 "X, but in fact Y"
S1 + 倒 + V1, 不过/但是/就是 + SV2 “While X (good thing), also Y (bad thing)"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_contrariness_with_%22dao%22
SV1 + S2 + 反而 + V2, "Not X but the opposite of X happened"
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
气, air/gas/breath; 空气, air/atmosphere; 气温, air temperature
千, a thousand; 千克, a kilogram
前年, year before last; 面前, in front of; 以前, before
墙, wall
青年, youth; 青少年, teenagers
轻, light (as in not heavy), 年轻, young
气 qì, air/gas/breath; 空气 kōngqì, air/atmosphere; 气温 qìwēn, air temperature
千 qiān, a thousand; 千克 qiānkè, a kilogram
前年 qiánnián, year before last; 面前 miànqián, in front of; 以前 yǐqián, before
墙 qiáng, wall
青年 qīngnián, youth; 青少年 qīngshàonián, teenagers
轻 qīng, light, 年轻 niánqīng, young
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

玩玩

Songs with vague thematic resemblance in their titles, two particular favorites of mine and one new to me with a neat arrangement (why does the city of Xiamen go in for choral activities so much?): 听我说 (Zhou Shen), 谢谢你来听我唱歌 (Liu Chang), 听我说谢谢你 (Xiamen High School Boys’ Chorus).

我的牵牛花在乱开花。大家过得怎么样？

Comments

[sakana17]

This post came across my Tumblr and was super interesting and helpful context. (Not just for The Untamed, which it references.) Bonus: near the end of the post there is 巍巍 in a text.

[nnozomi]

Oh interesting, thank you! Especially the part about the relative intimacy of 知 versus 爱.