三人行，必有我师(焉)

部首
人 part 14
伦, order; 伪, false; 伫, to stand for a long time ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=9

语法
Chapter 7 quiz: negative imperatives
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
声明, statement; 歌声, singing ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我也没办法辨别真伪, neither do I have any way of telling true from false
别让我再看见你了, don't let me see you again
我最后一次声明我的态度：民众有知情的权利, I will state my attitude for the last time: the people have a right to know

Me:
你半天伫在那里干嘛呢。
他的歌声真棒。

成语
解铃还须系铃人 whoever started the trouble should finish it (lit. the one who tied the bell on should be the one to untie it)
打抱不平 to fight against injustice
义不容辞 compelling, mandatory, a duty of responsibility
( ”pinyin” )

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

Guardian:
解铃还需系铃人，那个魔公子多少还是有点用的, let the one starting the trouble finishing it, the Nightmare Master still has some use in him
你还会拿起长刀打抱不平, you'll still take up your glaive and fight injustice
救护危机下的普通市民是我揭秘者义不容辞的责任, saving ordinary citizens in a crisis is my compelling duty as a muckracker
[no 跑步]

Me:
打抱不平也好，但是人得吃饭。
我每天都早上跑步一周。

语法
Compressed sentences
https://mandarinbean.com/compressed-complex-sentence/

词汇
某, some (as in "some (random) person," not "some (number of) apples") (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
再难受也不能自焚, no matter how upset you are you mustn't burn yourself up
似乎也受到了某些影响, it's as if it was also influenced in some kind of way

Me:
不想听就我不说了。
不用太听那个李某的话。

语法
几乎 (almost) vs 差不多 (about)
https://mandarinbean.com/jihu-vs-chabuduo/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22nearly%22_with_%22jihu%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Approximations_with_%22chabuduo%22

词汇
客观, objective (as in not subjective); 做客, be a guest ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
副处和祝红几乎是同时消失的, the vice-chief and Zhu Hong disappeared at almost the same time
脚印差不多就是这么大, the footprints are just about the right size
[no 客 words of this kind]

Me:
我觉得她差不多五十岁了，但是具体来说不太清楚，她只会说自己永远的十八岁。
我不用听你的看法，你太不客观了。

成语
冥顽不灵 stubborn, pigheaded
不速之客 an unexpected or uninvited guest
来者不拒 taking all comers
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
进步, progress; 进一步, a step further; 进展, evolve; 改进, improvement; 前进, forward advance; 推进, push forward; 先进, advanced ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
冥顽不灵，你们赢不了的, so stubborn! You people have no way to win.
接下来得去应付一个不速之客, next I have to go deal with an uninvited guest
我们这个拳场呢，向来事来者不拒的, our fight arena takes all comers
就离我的目标更近一步了, another step closer to my goal

Me:
他那么冥顽不灵，绝对不会听你的。
一个小时的努力，一点都没进步。

成语
喋喋不休 to chatter on endlessly
滴水不漏 rigorous, watertight (lit. not a drop of water will leak)
一丝不挂 completely naked (lit. not wearing a thread)
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
过程, process; 过去, past ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
省得那只死乌鸦在我耳边喋喋不休地报丧, that way that damn crow will stop endlessly doom-mongering in my ear
一篇检讨写得洋洋洒洒，声情并茂滴水不漏啊，the reflection document is written elegantly, resonantly and rigorously
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 private secret, once he lays eyes on it, it will be laid bare
过去的事情就让它过去吧, let bygones be bygones

Me:
快递来的时候他刚刚洗澡一丝不挂。
在这样的工作上，过程比结果更重要。

语法
Yes-no questions with 不 and 没有
https://mandarinbean.com/affirmative-negative-question/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Affirmative-negative_question

词汇
到达, arrive; 到底, to the end (?); 报到, check in; 达到, achieve; 放到, put into; 赶到, get to; 直到, until ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
十万字! 可不可以少一点? 100,000 characters! can it be a little shorter?
你那个黑能量探测仪修好了没有, have you fixed that dark energy detector or not?
我没有看到这些孩子安全到达目的地，我不放心， I won't relax until I see these kids reach their destination safely

Me:
快吃啊，你饿了没有？
那条火车一个小时以前到达了。

语法
是不是 in questions
https://mandarinbean.com/the-interrogative-sentence-with-shibushi/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Tag_questions_with_%22bu%22

词汇
单元, unit; 简单, simple ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我是不是真的特别没用, am I really especially useless?
你看看，是不是这个人, take a look, is it this person or not?
单元小品净是写一些脑洞大开的杀人故事, the stand-alone stories are unusual murder mysteries

Me:
你是不是以为是我？
你用的单元是什么？

语法
how many: 几 vs 多少 (fewer than 10, more than 10)
https://mandarinbean.com/ji-vs-duoshao/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_words_in_quantity_questions

词汇
不必, don't have to; 不断, constantly; 不论, no matter whether; 不安, uneasy; 不得不, cannot but; 不光, not only; 不仅, not only; 能不能, can or not ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我们想问您几个问题，不知道您方便吗, we'd like to ask you a few questions, if you have time
多少钱都不够, no amount of money could be enough
我有不得不做的事情, I have things I have to do

Me:
我们现在有几个问题，还是多少个问题？
我的最坏的习惯就是不断地抱怨。

ETA: wtf is going on with the formatting of this entry? I did everything exactly the way I always do and it's very weird, and I can't make it come out normal no matter how many times I edit. Apologies for difficulty reading.

成语
肝脑涂地 to lay down one's life (lit. to paint the ground with liver and brain)
在所不辞 not to hesitate regardless of circumstances
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 better to take practical measures than just hope for the best (lit. go home and weave a net rather than standing around wishing for fish)
( pinyin )

词汇
准确, accuracy (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
楚恕之愿为尊使大人肝脑涂地在所不辞, I, Chu Shuzhi, would not hesitate to lay down my life for the honorable Lord Envoy.
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网, better to take practical measures than simply wish for the best [in context, this is a pun because the line before it is 大人是要钓鱼, your Lordship is on a (metaphorical) fishing expedition]
[no 准确]

Me:
如果他把你伤害，我在所不辞让他明白。
她的工作很准确。