第三年第三十三天

[nnozomi]

语法
对(于) + O + V "regarding X"
S + 对着 + O, "face/point at X"
S + 对(不)上 "X matches/doesn't match"
S + 对 + O + (emotional) Adj. "X is ~ toward Y"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22dui%22_and_%22duiyu%22
对于 + O "with regard to X"
至于 + topic, S + V "as for X"
至于 "that much"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22duiyu%22_and_%22zhiyu%22

词汇
夜(里), at night; 半夜, midnight
一部分, a part; 一定, certain; 一共, total/altogether; 一会儿, in a moment; 一路平安, safe journey; 一路顺风, bon voyage; 一般, commonly; 一点点, a little bit; 一生, lifetime; 一直, always; 不一定, not necessarily; 不一会儿, in a little while; 有一点(儿), a little bit
已经, already
以后, afterward; 以前, before; 以外, except; 以上, above/over; 以为, think [wrongly]; 一下, below/under; 可以, can; 所以, so
椅子, chair
亿, billion hundred million
夜夜(里) yè(lǐ), at night; 半夜 bànyè, midnight
一部分 yíbùfèn, a part; 一定 yídìng, certain; 一共 yígòng, total/altogether; 一会儿 yíhuìr, in a moment; 一路平安 yílùpíngān, safe journey; 一路顺风 yílùshùnfēng, bon voyage; 一般 yìbān, commonly; 一点点 yìdiǎndiǎn, a little bit; 一生 yìshēng, lifetime; 一直 yìzhí, always; 不一定 bùyīdìng, not necessarily; 不一会儿 bùyīhuìr, in a little while; 有一点(儿) yǒuyídiǎn(r), a little bit
已经 yǐjing, already
以后 yǐhòu, afterward; 以前 yǐqián, before; 以外 yǐwài, except; 以上 yǐshàng, above/over; 以为 yǐwéi, think [wrongly]; 一下 yǐxià, below/under; 可以 kěyǐ, can; 所以 suǒyǐ, so
椅子 yǐzi, chair
亿 yì, billion hundred million
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

玩玩
A handful of videos I expect many people have seen already. Zhu Yilong in Kenya (not Lunar New Year-related, other than the dragon part); a little snippet of Wang Yang speaking English, with Chinese subtitles ; Zhou Shen singing 让世界充满爱.

不好意思我没时间啊，然后会回复回复聊聊！大家都好好生活保重身体～

Comments

[grayswandir]

Thank you for the links! I had not seen any of these. Love Zhu Yilong's awed reactions to seeing animals in the wild. <3

a little snippet of Wang Yang speaking English, with Chinese subtitles

...Wait what. XD Is the interviewer just joking with him, or...?

[nnozomi]

Love Zhu Yilong's awed reactions to seeing animals in the wild. <3
Delightful in all senses <3

...Wait what. XD Is the interviewer just joking with him, or...?
sakana noticed the CGTN logo and looked it up, she says it's an English-language channel of CCTV. Maybe they went through the list of Chunwan performers to find people who could speak English well enough for a short interview? (I wonder why he sounds sort of British? Teachers from Hong Kong? /ignorant)

[grayswandir]

Maybe they went through the list of Chunwan performers to find people who could speak English well enough for a short interview?

Huh, maybe! I was partly just wondering about the actual conversation -- did he actually perform, or is he just joking about that?

I wonder why he sounds sort of British?

Don't quote me on this, but my impression is that British is still considered the prestige accent even in mainland China, so I wouldn't be surprised if the better schools/programs mostly teach British English (I'm not sure, though, and also I have no idea how/when/where he learned English, so who knows...).

[nnozomi]

did he actually perform, or is he just joking about that?
He did! He sang something with Mao Xiaotong and a couple of people I've never heard of. Here's the first link I grabbed: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1WZ421m7fe/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click (Nice tenor range, good ear, no projection ;) )

British is still considered the prestige accent even in mainland China, so I wouldn't be surprised if the better schools/programs mostly teach British English (I'm not sure, though, and also I have no idea how/when/where he learned English
Ah, that makes sense! I'm also curious about how/when/where he learned English. I'm so used to Japan where the only people to speak anywhere near fluent English are either the super-educational-elite and/or have lived abroad for long periods (and even then few of them have British accents). China's system still seems to work differently.

[grayswandir]

He sang something with Mao Xiaotong and a couple of people I've never heard of.

Ah, thank you! For some reason I can't get the link to work (even by deleting the part after the question mark), and I couldn't find anything by searching Bilibili either (I keep just getting interviews about the performance), but I was able to find it on YouTube at least. I guess it will never cease to surprise me that practically every Chinese actor can also sing...

[nnozomi]

Sorry about the link, glad you found one! Yeah, I wonder what kind of training they put the actors through, it must be pretty comprehensive.