第三年第一百十七天

[nnozomi]

Upon reflection I wasn’t clear in yesterday’s post; I was taking it for granted that we would go back to doing some grammar, and I wanted to see how people would feel about doing RANDOM grammar review (since we have numbered posts anyway, choosing random numbers to go back to the grammar point in question, etc.) versus review IN ORDER. 我的错！ That said, I am now somewhat inclined to give the mandarinbean grammar site (scroll down to “All Grammar Points”) a try for a while (in order rather than randomly); they list a lot of grammar points with exercises included, and while I suspect they fall short of the Chinese Grammar Wiki in both clarity and comprehensiveness, it’s not like it’s hard to add a link to the relevant CGW page. Thoughts including dissent very welcome, let me know what you’d prefer.

成语
博物洽闻 knowing a lot about many subjects, polymathic
前所未见 unprecedented, never seen before
物归原主 to return something to its rightful owner (see also the less literal 完璧归赵)
白马王子 a knight (lit. prince) on a white horse
孤零零 lonely, alone, isolated
溃不成军 completely defeated (lit. army crushed beyond repair)
义愤填膺 to feel righteously indignant (lit. righteous anger fills the breast)
教不严师之惰 spare the rod and spoil the child (lit. teaching without severity is laziness on the part of the teacher)
鼻孔朝天 nose in the air (lit. and fig.)
( pinyin )

词汇
背, back; 背后, behind
北部, north
被, cover (also the passive voice marker); 被子, quilt
本来, originally; 本领, ability; 本事, skill; 根本, at all; 基本, basic; 基本上, basically
比较, compare (also "rather"); 比例, proportion; 比赛, match (as in soccer); 相比, compare
必然, inevitable; 必要, necessary; 不必, don't have to
( pinyin )

https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

玩玩
Liu Chang singing 你是我的风景 at his birthday concert; Zhou Shen covering 我只在乎你.

大家过得还好吗，我还不错。今天这里是个节日，从早晨听到在窗外的公园棒球少年的声音…