三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
"only" words: 罢了 vs 而已
https://mandarinbean.com/ba-le-vs-eryi/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22that%27s_all%22_with_%22eryi%22

词汇
千万, must (often + negative) (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
上两次也纯属巧合罢了, the last two times were no more than pure coincidence
但终究只是一束花而已, but in the end it's just a bouquet of flowers
你千万要小心一点, you must be a little more careful

Me:
戒指能想象而已🎵
千万不要进去那个房间。

成语
不得已而为之 to have no choice but to do something
取而代之 to supplant, to do something in someone's stead
为虎作伥 to help a villain do evil (lit. to be the tiger's accomplice)
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
念, read (?); 概念/观念, concept; 纪念, anniversary ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
有时候一个棋手不得已而为之, there are times when a weiqi player has no other choice
原来取而代之是这个意思啊, so that's what supplanting meant
既然夜尊已经夺权，你甘心为虎作伥, given that Ye Zun has already seized power, you willingly worked with him
所以我念在你利用能力是为了保护大家，不是为了残害无辜的人, so I read in your use of power that it is to protect everyone, not to harm the innocent

Me:
你去嫁给王子，我取而代之去遇到大龙。
你能不能念心？

[Many thanks for ongoing interesting suggestions for future plans on the 第四年第一天 post! Thoughts welcome at any time, comment as you think of something. For the moment I will keep going with the Mandarin Bean grammar page + chengyu, and as we run out of those over the next month or two will see what I can bring in.]

成语
擦肩而过 a close, but missed, encounter (lit. to brush shoulders and pass by)
不劳而获 to profit by other people's work, to coast
铩羽而归 to return downcast after a defeat
( ”pinyin” )

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

Guardian:
车子和那个孕妇就擦肩而过, the car barely brushed the pregnant woman
这不劳而获的事，咱们可不能干啊, we can't do well by other people's work this way
你的父亲可刚在我手上铩羽而归啊, your father has just returned to me downcast in failure
你要算是麻烦的话，那最好多给我来几打好好地烦烦我这一辈子, if you've caused trouble, then you'd better give me plenty more of it my whole life

Me:
网球比赛结束后，他铩羽而归。
麻烦你教我怎么能到胡麻路.

语法
Compound sentences
https://mandarinbean.com/compound-sentence-patterns-2/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Many_types_of_%22not_only..._but_also...%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22the_more..._the_more...%22_with_%22yue%E2%80%A6_yue%E2%80%A6%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22both_A_and_B%22_with_%22you%22

词汇
技术, technology; 科技, science and technology ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
逃得越远越好, run the farther the better
我又不是狗又不是猫, I’m neither a cat nor a dog
你这不是技术错了，是战略错了, it’s not your technique that’s wrong, it’s your strategy

Me:
她的头发又黑又亮。
我不太懂这种技术。

成语
一概而论 to generalize, to lump different things together
总而言之 in short, in a word
破门而入 to break down the door and enter
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
吵, noisy; 吵架, quarrel ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
你放心，我一定不会一概而论地去处置的, don't worry, I'm not going to go and deal with everything like it was all the same
总而言之，以后在他手底下卖命就辛苦你了, in short, from now on you'll take your orders from him, poor you
万一哪个包藏锅心的歹徒破门而入，那就不好说了, if some evil-intended hoodlums break in, we'd be up a gum tree
我不想跟你吵好不好, I don't want to fight with you, okay?

Me:
别说情况都一样，不能那样一概而论吧。
他们是一只吵架的，怎么这么合不来。

（不好意思，我有点感冒了，以后有更活力的时候会回复评论）

语法
S + 不仅/不但/不只 + X，而且/还/也 + Y "not only X but also Y"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Many_types_of_%22not_only..._but_also...%22

词汇
下 (measure word); 下雪, to snow; 下周, next week; 放下, put down; 接下来, next; 零下, below zero; 留下, stay/remain; 以下, below ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
原来他不仅住在我们家小区，还跟我是对门, he not only lives in our neighborhood, he's across the hall
我不只看见了，我还把它给拍下来呢, I didn't just see it, I recorded it
刚才那有光闪了一下, it just gave a flash of light

Me:
怎么回事，你不仅喝完了茶，你还没买新的呢？
在这里一整年不下雪。

语法
SV1 + S2 + 反而 + V2, "Not X but the opposite of X happened" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22on_the_contrary%22_with_%22fan%27er%22

词汇
青年, youth; 青少年, teenagers ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/
(青 here as in "green = new, young, immature" rather than "blue = color")

Guardian:
族长都信得过我，你反而要猜忌我吗, the chief has put her trust in me, are you going to second-guess me?
他可以不受黑能量的侵蚀，反而完美地兼容, he didn't have to be corroded by dark energy, but he's perfectly compatible
我不能荼毒青少年, I can't torment a kid

Me:
管冷气反而让房间更凉快。
青少年非常容易地被影响。

语法
noun + 而已, "only X" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22that%27s_all%22_with_%22eryi%22

词汇
面, side, aspect, also face, surface, flour; 对面, opposite side; 方便面, instant noodles; 方面, aspect; 面前, in front of, before ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
零度而已嘛, it's just a matter of zero degrees
小伤而已，恩人不必担心, it's just a flesh wound, you need not worry
我倒是忘了，坐在我面前的这一位可就是他的大靠山, I forgot, the personage sitting in front of me is his guiding light

Me:
只是一个约会而已吧，不是我们婚约了。
在你面前有很多方便面。

语法
对 + person/group + 而言, "from the point of view of X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22for%E2%80%A6%22_with_%22eryan%22

词汇
例如, for example; 例子, example ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
对于我族而言，与人类合作或许是更正确的选择, from the point of view of my Tribe, working with humans might be the more correct choice.
就那天接触而言，我觉得他不像是烛九的同伙, given our contact with him then, it doesn't seem to me that he's one of Zhu Jiu's cronies.
[no 例如 etc.]

Me:
对他而言，顾客的满足比员工的健康更重要。
你有没有例子？

语法
（不）是，而（不）是, "而" to emphasize conflicting ideas (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22er%22_to_explain_contrasting_ideas

词汇
靠, lean (?? approach?) (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你记住，你是个人，而不是把刀, remember, you're a person, not a knife.
敢情你们特调处不是要一个顾问，而是需要一个保姆, what you people at the SID need isn't a consultant, it's a nanny
小姐，你不能靠近他, Miss, you can't go near him

Me:
他不是我男朋友，而是我哥哥。
原来我们和爱情曾经靠得那么近🎵