三人行，必有我师(焉)

部首
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。

本周的部首
一, part 2
上, up; 下, down; 不, no/not; 与, with/and ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=1

语法
Measure words
https://mandarinbean.com/classifiers-8/

词汇
强，强大，强烈, strong; 强调, emphasize; 加强, strengthen; 坚强, firm ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
请你不要拒绝我与你一块同行, please do not turn down my offer to accompany you
吃颗糖, want a piece of candy?
我个人魅力太强了吧, my personal charm is just too strong

Me:
那个城市有几栋老房屋，我很想看去。
你只有坚强坚强就可以。

语法
Measure words, continued
https://mandarinbean.com/classifiers-6/
[Spoiling one answer: 匹 is the counting word for "horses or bolts of cloth"?! Well...I guess horses will bolt if you leave the stable door open...?]
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_word

词汇
面对, face (v.); 面积, area (measure); 表面, surface; 后面, behind; 里面, inside; 另一方面, on the other hand; 前面, front; 全面, comprehensive; 上面, above; 外面, outside/outer; 下面, below; 一方面, on the one hand ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
一朵花虽然美但总觉得孤零零的, a single flower is beautiful but always seems lonely
只有你们两个人可以自由穿梭着一扇门, is it only the two of you who can come and go freely through this door?
我实在是没有脸面对你, in fact I can't bring myself to face you [I don't have the face to face you]

Me:
欢迎大家第一届演唱会。
你家的面积多少方米?

语法
Still more measure/counting words (spoiling the answer to one of the questions, I had NO idea you could use ( Read more... ))
https://mandarinbean.com/classifiers-5/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_word

词汇
观察, observation; 观看, watch/view; 观念, concept; 观众, audience; 客观, objective (as in, not subjective); 乐观, optimistic ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
没有什么紧张是一根棒棒糖不能解决的，如果有，就两根, there is no tension that a lollipop can't resolve, and if there is, try two lollipops
我再仔细观察观察, I'll observe some more in detail
我知道你每天都在这观看, I know you watch here every day

Me:
我买的一袋无花果干都快没了。
他观众面前很腼腆。

语法
Still more measure words!
https://mandarinbean.com/classifiers-for-beginners-3/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_word

词汇
改进, improvement; 改造, reform; 修改, modify ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我去一趟洗手间, I'm going to step out to the bathroom
我已经给过你两次机会了, I have already given you two chances
我要改造这个世界, I want to remake the world

Me:
我昨天看了三场棒球比赛。
政府需要好多改进。

语法
Measure words part 1
https://mandarinbean.com/classifiers-for-beginners-1/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_word

词汇
付，支付, pay (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我在一本书上读过, I read it in a book
我替我的学生们敬你们一杯, I'll raise a glass to you in lieu of my students
都要付出惨痛的价格, all must pay the price of suffering

Me:
分给我一块蛋糕。
你付钱的时候要用手机。

语法
S + 就 (+ V) ＋ measure word ＋ N "only X, only as many as X" (part e)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22cai%22_and_%22jiu%22

词汇
鞋, shoes; 球鞋, sneakers (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
要是我就一个人巴巴地凑过来，那多不好意思, if I showed up all on my own I'd be too embarrassed
人类为什么要穿这样的鞋子, why do humans want to wear this kind of shoes

Me:
你就吃了两块巧克力，多点吃啊。
在家里我不喜欢穿鞋。

语法
一 + measure word + N + (也/都) + (不/没) + V "not even one"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22not_even_one%22

词汇
晚安, good night; 晚报, evening news; 晚餐, supper; 晚会, evening party ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
走得很匆忙，一句话也没留下, he went off in a rush without a word
她还给我买很多很多好吃的，买回来她一口都舍不得吃, she also bought me lots of delicious food and wouldn't eat a single bite
--黑老哥，从今天起咱可就是一家人了 --晚安, --Brother Black, from tonight on we're family. --Good night.

Me:
在那个城市我一只猫都没看见。
那是很有名的晚餐的图片。

语法
不到 + number + measure word, "less than X" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22less_than%22_with_%22budao%22

词汇
正, exactly; 正在, just now, in process of ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 113

Guardian:
[no 不到 in this sense]
这也是我们正在调查的问题, we are currently investigating this problem also.
这些书到了正确的人手里, these books fell into the right person's hands

Me:
她不到四十岁头发变白了。
我正在做饭，不能接电话。