第二年第三百十六天

[nnozomi]

语法
万一 + S1 + V1 + S2 + V2 "if X happens, do Y"
以防万一, "just in case"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22what_if%22_with_%22wanyi%22
Topic + 的话, "with regard to X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Marking_a_topic_with_%22de_hua%22
不管 + question + S + 都 + predicate "no matter what X, Y"
不管 + 是 + X + 还是 + Y + S + 都
不管 + V + 不 + V + S + 都 "no matter whether it's X or Y, Z"
不管 + 多 + adjective + S + 都 "no matter how X, Y"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22no_matter%22_with_%22buguan%22

词汇
虽然, although
随便, casual/whatever; 随时, at any time
所以, so; 所有, all
它, it; 它们, they (neuter)
太太, ma'am; 不太, not too; 太阳, sun
态度, attitude
虽然 suīrán, although
随便 suíbiàn, casual/whatever; 随时 suíshí, at any time
所以 suǒyǐ, so; 所有 suǒyǒu, all
它 tā, it; 它们 tāmen, they (neuter)
太太 tàitai, ma'am; 不太 bútài, not too; 太阳 tàiyáng, sun
态度 tàidu, attitude
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

玩玩
Two small things. 言必信，行必果, a saying meaning roughly “mean what you say and act productively,” which I learned courtesy of nine-year-old A-Hua, who knows where she learned it; also a video about the Matsu (Mazu/马祖) Islands, part of Taiwan but just off the Fujian coast, which I thought was interesting. Narrated in Japanese and thus only tangentially related to Chinese language study, but the content makes enough sense without the narration, and the third-party view also means it avoids any jingoism on either side…

我早晨太早，夜太冷，工作太多，但果然冬天不是不喜欢。大家过得怎么样？