第三年第两百七十八天

[nnozomi]

成语
一意孤行 obstinate, disregarding others' opinions, going your own way
出乎意料 unexpected
意想不到 unexpected, unimaginable
势在必行 imperative, unavoidable
大势所趋 general trend, irresistible trend
势如破竹 with irresistible force, like a hot knife through butter (lit. like splitting bamboo)
丧家之犬 stray dog, someone who has lost their support and has no place to go (lit. dog in a mourner's house)
千家万户 everyone, all households
亲如一家 as close as family
一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng; 出乎意料 chū hū yì liào; 意想不到 yì xiǎng budào
势在必行 shì zài bì xíng; 大势所趋 dà shì suǒ qū; 势如破竹 shì rú pò zhú
丧家之犬 sàngjiā zhī gǒu; 千家万户 qiān jiā wàn hù; 亲如一家 qīn rú yījiā

语法
Prefixes and suffixes
https://mandarinbean.com/prefixes-and-suffixes/
Rhetorical questions with 难道 etc.
https://mandarinbean.com/rhetorical-question/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Rhetorical_questions_with_%22nandao%22
Causative sentences with 让，请，叫 etc.
https://mandarinbean.com/pivotal-sentence-1/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Causative_verbs

词汇
机器, machine; 收音机, radio
积极, positive; 面积, area (measure)
基本, basic; 基本上, basically; 基础, the basics
及时, timely; 普及, universal
极了 (suffix), extremely ~ ; 积极, positive
集体, collective; 集中, focus
机器 jīqì, machine; 收音机 shōuyīnjī, radio
积极 jījí, positive; 面积 miànjī, area (measure)
基本 jīběn, basic; 基本上 jīběnshàng, basically; 基础 jīchǔ, the basics
及时 jíshí, timely; 普及 pǔjí, universal
极了 jíle (suffix), extremely ~ ; 积极 jījí, positive
集体 jítǐ, collective; 集中 jízhōng, focus
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

玩玩
A couple of Chinese tonguetwisters (绕口令). For starters 红凤凰、粉凤凰，红粉凤凰、花凤凰 and 红鲤鱼与绿鲤鱼与驴, and this site and this one have a lot more of them.

我快要去旅游的，工作也多，真服了。但是，外面是纯粹的秋天晴天。大家过得怎么样？

Comments

[sakana17]

Courtesy of 你好种地少年 2 | Hi Young Farmers 2, some 成语 containing words for animals (including dragons):

贼眉鼠眼
鹤立鸡群
狗急跳墙
对牛弹琴
龙飞凤舞
狼心狗肺
狗仗人势 (Baidu link)
一马当先
虎视眈眈
小肚鸡肠
马到成功
虎落平阳 (Baidu link)
指鹿为马
猪狗不如
画龙点睛
一马平川
望子成龙
马马虎虎
鱼死网破
打狗看主 (Baidu link)
杯弓蛇影
叶公好龙
虎虎生威 (Baidu link)
害群之马
五马分尸

[nnozomi]

Wonderful chengyu list, thank you! You might put it up as a top-level post sometime if you feel like it. Why are there so many neat chengyu and so little time to learn them? (对牛弹琴 seems uniquely applicable to the farmboys in characters if not in substance... ;) )