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勹 part 1 bāo
勺, spoon; 勾, hook; 勿, do not ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=20

语法
Chapter 33 quiz: "Even" words
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
土, earth/ground/land (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
你跟我拉勾勾保证, make a pinky promise with me
本殿规矩即便是黑袍大人您也不能破例, even you, Lord Black Cloak, may not break the rules of the palace
你提交一份这边土壤的材质报告, give me a report on the soil quality here

Me:
不行，我把勺子丢掉了。
不管你再忙，你都要参加聚会。

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力 part 4
努, to strive; 励, to encourage; 劲, strength ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=19
[I have almost never heard 劲 when it wasn't pronounced 劲儿...]

语法
Chapter 32 quiz: "only" words
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
突出, prominent; 突然, suddenly ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
你费劲心思要找的那个东西，究竟对你有什么好处, this thing you're killing yourself to find, what actual good is it to you?
我现在每天晚上都必须喝你给我倒的牛奶我才能睡着, right now I can only sleep when you pour me a cup of milk to drink at night
电脑怎么突然不受控制了, how come I suddenly can't control the computer manually?

Me:
我现在的成功才是你鼓励过我。
她是个突出的学者。

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力 part 2
功, accomplishment; 加, to add; 务, business ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=19

语法
Chapter 31 quiz: Conjunctions
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php
(This is one of those chapters that seems to involve a lot of words and rules that no other grammar textbook addresses, for good or ill.)

词汇
痛, painful; 痛苦, pain (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
现在新地君成功加冕, now the new king has been successfully crowned
我放固然不能发挥什么作用，可你也一样, although my side can't produce any effect, yours is just the same
我的痛苦你们谁也不懂, none of you can understand my pain

Me:
既然我们都聚起来了，就谈一下吧。
你怎么了，头痛不痛？

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刀 part 8
剧, play/opera/drama; 剪, to cut/prune/edit; 剩, to be left over ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=18

语法
Chapter 30 quiz: Conjunctions
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
通常, usually; 通信, to communicate/correspond ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
剩下的路您要自己走, you must go the rest of the way yourself
就算安柏有罪，他那两个伙伴也是无辜的, even if An Bai is guilty, his two companions are innocent
林静的通信器, Lin Jing's communicator

Me:
导演还没剪完片。
我虽然喜欢甜食，但是吃不了小蛋糕。

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刀 part 6
刷, to paint/to brush; 券, ticket; 刹, to brake ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=18

语法
Chapter 29 quiz: Sentence-ending particles
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
听力, listening comprehension; 听众, audience/listeners; 打听, inquire; 收听, listen in ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
你为什么刹车, why did you brake?
这么晚不睡觉你干吗呢, what are you doing up so late?
欢迎收听小说联播节目, welcome to this serial novel program

Me:
我不可以吃蛋糕，我已经刷了牙。
中文我会看得懂，但是我的听力很差。

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刀 part 5
刚, just now; 创, to create; 利, favorable ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=18

语法
Chapter 28 quiz: Time expressions
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
跳, jump; 跳高, high jump; 跳舞, dance; 跳远, broad jump ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
刚刚收到一件匿名邮件, I just got an anonymous mail
特调处跟以前不一样了, the SID isn’t what it used to be
大姐，千辛万苦救你不是为让你跳楼玩, lady, I didn’t go to great lengths to save you just so you could go jumping off buildings

Me:
你的创意很好。
我是跳舞的，不是爬山的！

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刀 part 3
列, to arrange in line; 刘, surname Liu; 初, first ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=18

语法
Chapter 27 quiz: Reduplication
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

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

Guardian:
初次见面先跟您自己介绍一下, since this is our first meeting, let me introduce myself
你就帮帮我吧, give me a hand
我建议你不要吃太多的甜食, I suggest you not eat too many sweets

Me:
我很喜欢小刘唱的歌。
他点了点头，跟我同意了。
这颗水果很好吃，酸酸甜甜的。

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刀 （立刀旁) part 1
刀, knife; 分, to divide/a minute; 切, to cut ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=18

语法
Chapter 26 quiz: More measure words
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
体会，体验, experience; 体现, reflect; 集体, collective; 具体, specific; 媒体, media; 团体, group; 整体, whole ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
你是个人，而不是把刀, you're a person, not a knife
要不你喝杯茶吧, how about a cup of tea?
我绝对不想再体验一次那样的痛苦, I never want to experience that kind of pain again

Me:
你能不能帮我切蔬菜？
我第一次体会过。

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几, table
几, table; 几, how many; 凡, ordinary; 凤, phoenix; 凭, basis ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=16

语法
Chapter 25 quiz: More comparatives
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
提前, in advance; 提问, to question ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
一心只想过平凡又安稳的生活, all he wanted was an ordinary stable life
我跟你不一样, I'm not like you
他们个个儿都得提前退休了, they'd all have to resign in advance

Me:
你有看过几条凤？
你这么说，好像我是被疑者，别提问我了。

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冫 part 2
决, to decide; 况, situation; 冷, cold ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=15

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

Guardian:
我已经决定了, I have already decided
我真的不用，我不冷, I really don't need it, I'm not cold
[no 汤]

Me:
这个情况怎么整呢。
你喜欢清汤挂面吗？