第三年第七十一天

[nnozomi]

成语
斩钉截铁, firmly/resolutely (literally "chop nails and slice iron"; apparently first used in Song-era Buddhist texts?)
见多识广, experienced and knowledgeable (literally "see a lot, know broadly")
省油的灯, someone easy to deal with (literally "a fuel-saving lamp," most often used in the negative as 不是省油的灯 to mean a person who is a lot to handle; comes originally from the literal depiction of fuel-saving lamps in Song-era poems by Lu You? Hard not to include it here as part of the lantern imagery)
斩钉截铁 zhǎndīng jiétiě, 见多识广 jiànduō shíguǎng, 省油的灯 shěngyóu de dēng

词汇
这么, like this; 这时(候), at this time; 这样, this way 这么 zhème, like this; 这时(候) zhè shí(hou), at this time; 这样 zhèyàng, this way
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
几年来我为研究所招揽了不少英才啊，你是第一个斩钉截铁地拒绝我的人, over the last few years I've brought quite a few brilliant scholars into my institute, you're the first to turn me down flat
你跟老赵这么些年，你见多识广，你最了解他, you've been with Lao Zhao this many years, you know him backward and forward, you understand him best
我有直觉啊，这个家伙可不是省油的灯, my instinct tells me this guy is going to be trouble.
如果这时候龙城发生什么案子，谁来带队, if a case comes up in the city right now, who's going to lead the team?

Me:
最好跟他说得不多，他不是省油的灯。
忘记了吧，我怎么这么傻啊？

Comments

[donutsweeper]

Oh 不是省油的灯 is great, I can really see how the words became that idiom.

[nnozomi]

It's neat! Also seems widely usable in practice ;)

[qian]

I'm really enjoying the 成语!

[nnozomi]

Glad to hear it! There are a ton more to come, I didn't know what I was getting us into...