三人行，必有我师(焉)

本周的部首
一, part 4
东, east; 丝, silk, a little; 丢, to lose; 两, two/both ( ”pinyin” )

语法
Passive voice with 被，所，为
https://mandarinbean.com/the-bei-sentence-5/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22bei%22_sentences

词汇
巧, coincidental, skilful (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
无论什么隐私秘密一旦被他盯上就会被扒得一丝不挂, no matter what concealed secret you have, once it comes under his eye you'll be caught with your pants down
当然不为人所知, naturally it is not known to most people
沈教授也喜欢吃甜食吗？巧了，我也喜欢吃, do you like sweets, Professor Shen? What a coincidence, so do I.

Me:
我总是被那首歌所感动。
好巧，他的名字也是巧。

语法
Passive voice with 被
https://mandarinbean.com/the-bei-sentence-2/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22bei%22_sentences

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

Guardian:
你被解雇了， 滚吧, you've been fired, get out of here
万一被老大看见又得扣工资, if I'm seen by the boss he'll dock my pay again
离婚的时候就随手连车带钥匙一起扔在了河边, when they got divorced it was abandoned by the riverbank along with the keys

Me:
我的想法被他偷了。
没人结婚的时候觉得自己会离婚的。

(wow, the previous post's title got interesting. Still, why not)
(I do have hopes of reintroducing some grammar from around next week! Stick with us.)

成语
义愤填膺 to feel righteously indignant (lit. righteous anger fills the breast)
教不严师之惰 spare the rod and spoil the child (lit. teaching without severity is laziness on the part of the teacher)
鼻孔朝天 nose in the air (lit. and fig.)
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
被, cover (also the passive voice marker); 被子, quilt (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
看红姐那么义愤填膺的样子，也不知道谁才能入她法眼, seeing Hong-jie so righteously annoyed, I have no idea who would be good enough for her
教不严师之惰。如果我能早一点发现的话... Severity is essential for a teacher. If I had noticed a little earlier...
你装出一副鼻孔朝天的样子给谁看, no one's here to se you acting so stuck up
[no 被子]

Me:
她虽然看起来鼻孔朝天，但是其实只是很害羞。
给我带个被子，今天很冷。

语法
Subject + 被 (+ doer) + V + 了, "to be ~ (by someone)," i.e. the passive voice
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22bei%22_sentences

词汇
词, word (it's self-referential day); 词典, dictionary; 词语, term; 生词, new word ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
可他是被谁杀的我现在一点线索都没有, but right now I don't have a clue whom he was killed by
谈啸先生，你被解雇了，滚吧, Mr. Tan Xiao, you've been fired, get your ass out of here
那你可能对好玩这个词有一些误会了, you may have misunderstood the word fun

Me:
树被台风撞到了，之后城市养了一些新树。
每次都每次都用词典查生词挺麻烦的。