第四年第六十四天

[nnozomi]

成语
As an intermediate measure, a quick quiz (don't check past tags!) on the chengyu so far:
1. Which number is commonest of 一，十，百，千，and 万?
2. Which is commoner, 有 or 无?
3. Which body part does not appear: 手, 肩, 头, 舌, or 眼?
4. Which is commoner, 天 or 地？
5. Which is commonest of 做，坐，and 作?

词汇
气候, climate (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
人口不多，气候也特别地恶劣, the population is small and the climate particularly terrible

Me:
我很喜欢这个城市，但是气候不太好。

Comments

[grayswandir]

Ooh, I like the quiz! Guessing mostly based on my impression of chengyu in general and not specifically the set from Guardian...

Guesses

1. I'm going to guess 一 is the most common, followed by 千, then... hmm, I'm going to guess 万 and then 十, but I may be underestimating the number of chengyu with 十 indicating something like "completely" or "perfection." I can't think of any chengyu I've heard with 百...
2. Gotta be 无.
3. I'm going to guess 肩? Pretty sure 舌 came up in one of the "smooth-talking" chengyu, and I feel like 手 and 头 must have also come up. Not sure about 眼, though.
4. Surely 天! Offhand I can think of some chengyu with 天 but no 地, but I can't recall any 地 without 天...
5. Gotta be 作. I'd be curious to know if 做 ever comes up at all. I feel like 做 is too modern for chengyu?

[nnozomi]

All correct!

[trobadora]

Oh, fun! My guesses:

1. 一，definitely.
2. Definitely 无.
3. Probably 肩?
4. Pretty sure 天.
5. 作 seems most likely.

[nnozomi]

All correct!

[sam_gardener]

Great idea!
guessing off the top of my head:

1. Which number is commonest? 一
2. Which is commoner: maybe- 无?
3. Which body part does not appear: maybe? 肩?
4. Which is commoner: 地??
5. Which is commonest: 作???

[nnozomi]

Almost! 天 is more popular than 地, but otherwise you are quite right.

[donutsweeper]

oooh hmmm
1. 一 seems most likely, there's just so many phrases with it. I would guess 百 would be next followed by 十 but I have no real idea.
2. Total guess here, 有 maybe?
3. 头, 舌 and 手 I think came up so that leaves 眼 and 肩 and since eyes are more common I am going to guess 肩 hasn't.
4. Both of those are pretty common but I am going to guess 天 appears more often.
5. So many zous! 做 and 作 seem more common but my guess is 作?

[nnozomi]

Almost! 无 is actually more common than 有, but otherwise you have it.