第三年第三百天

[nnozomi]

语法
Quantitative complements
https://mandarinbean.com/the-quantitative-complement-2/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Verbing_briefly_with_%22yixia%22

词汇
解决, solve; 解开, unfasten; 理解, understand 解决 jiějué, solve; 解开 jiěkāi, unfasten; 理解 lǐjiě, understand
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
帮我找一下沈巍, could you look out Shen Wei for me?
我已经给过你两次机会了, I've already given you a chance twice
没有什么紧张是一根棒棒糖不能解决的, there are no nerves that a lollipop can't resolve

Me:
你看一下我写的中文，有多少错误？
你能不能揭开多一个扣子？

Comments

[zes]

Thank you for the daily lesson! ^.^

The 是 in the third sentence confuses me a little, is it placed there as an equivalent to “that” - as in there are no nerves that a lollipop can't resolve? Or is it only for emphasis?

[grayswandir]

Jumping in since I'm here (and I like grammar! :)

I think "[X]是[Y]的" is a fairly common structure in general -- basically, the 的 at the end is turning the whole final part of the sentence [一根棒棒糖不能解决的] into one long adjective. So it's the same sort of structure as if you were to say in English "no cats are blue" or "there's no problem [that] is unsolvable."

没有什么紧张是一根棒棒糖不能解决的

Literally I think this would be, like, "There is no nervousness [that] is such-that-a-lollipop-can't-resolve-it." (ETA: Or just "No nervousness is unresolvable-by-a-lollipop.")

[zes]

That makes a lot of sense. The 的 was so far away that I forgot its existence! Thanks for the crystal clear explanation. :D
(It’s funny how I tried making my own sentence earlier and it also involved cats - there are no cats that I wouldn’t pet - Da Qing probably took control of our minds for a couple of seconds)

[grayswandir]

Da Qing probably took control of our minds for a couple of seconds

Hah, probably. XD Da Qing forcing us to make all our example sentences with cats...

[nnozomi]

God knows stranger things have happened! And thanks for the clear explanation :)

[trobadora]

Grammar is so much fun. And this is a great explanation, yeah!

Also, "unresolvable by lollipop" is a fantastic phrase. :D

[nnozomi]

Also, "unresolvable by lollipop" is a fantastic phrase. :D
Yes, isn't it? Now that would be a good icon...

[nnozomi]

Thank you too!

Re 是 in the lollipop sentence, I think grayswandir nailed it. Here are some 是的 things, although I'm not sure there's one that exactly applies to this sentence: https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/The_%22shi..._de%22_patterns:_an_overview. Trust Zhao Yunlan to set us a grammatical puzzle...