第三百六十一天

[nnozomi]

语法
少 + verb, "do X less" (as a command)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Doing_something_less_with_%22shao%22

词汇
变，变成，改变, all meaning "change" (my impression is that 变 is the root character, 变成 is "become, turn into," and 改变 is "change (for the better)," but I'd like to be corrected) 变 biàn，变成 biànchéng，改变 gǎibiàn, all meaning "change"
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 148

Guardian:
碳酸饮料对身体不好，以后还是少喝点吧, carbonated drinks aren't healthy, how about drinking less in future
你最好少管闲事, you'd better mind your own business
从来没见过什么猫变成人的, I never saw any cat change into a person.

Me:
我明明知道我得少吃糖。
那个臭小子长大了以后改变了很好人。

Comments

[sakana17]

对待番组分子不能心慈手软, which in Guardian-character terms is DEEPLY ironic

LOL, yes!

[nnozomi]

对待番组分子不能心慈手软,
I mistyped, sorry! 番组 should be 犯罪. And yeah, I do wonder if they chose ZXC's name specifically for that 成语. I think I've been told he doesn't have a first name in the original novel...

[trobadora]

I do wonder if they chose ZXC's name specifically for that 成语. I think I've been told he doesn't have a first name in the original novel...

Yeah, he's a completely different character in the novel and doesn't have a given name. And ooh, yes, I think it would make a lot of sense if the drama people named him for that 成语!

[nnozomi]

And ooh, yes, I think it would make a lot of sense if the drama people named him for that 成语!
Now I want to fit it into a fic somewhere...