三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
Quantitative complements
https://mandarinbean.com/the-quantitative-complement-2/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Verbing_briefly_with_%22yixia%22

词汇
解决, solve; 解开, unfasten; 理解, understand ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
帮我找一下沈巍, could you look out Shen Wei for me?
我已经给过你两次机会了, I've already given you a chance twice
没有什么紧张是一根棒棒糖不能解决的, there are no nerves that a lollipop can't resolve

Me:
你看一下我写的中文，有多少错误？
你能不能揭开多一个扣子？

Will stick to the current chengyu practice for at least a little while. (If you are thinking "wait, I come here for the grammar, where is it," comment or DM me and I'll see what I can do.)

成语
三番五次 over and over again (lit. three times, five times)
兵贵神速 swift and resolute (lit. speed is important in war)
一无所知 not having a clue, completely ignorant
( pinyin )

词汇
租, 出租, rent; 出租车, taxi (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你三番五次地来打扰我工作，你这让我很为难, you're giving me great trouble by coming to disturb my work so many times
兵贵神速，我们这不也是害怕再有学生遇害嘛, speed is of the essence, aren't we all worried that another student will be harmed?
你对我的电力一无所知, you don't know a thing about my electrical power
这婚纱租一天不少钱呢, it cost a lot to rent this wedding dress for a day

Me:
我三番五次地跟你说过，睡觉之前要关电灯。
房租这个公寓多少钱？

语法
多长时间 + V + 一次 (+ O) "how often do you do X?" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22how_often%22

词汇
倒, fall; 倒, upside down, unexpectedly (see pinyin) ( pinyin )
(I always wonder if the second usage is like davka in Hebrew, but my Hebrew is limited to a handful of second-hand phrases so goodness knows...)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
[no 多长时间 in this usage]
我要不撞他，他也不会摔倒, if I hadn't hit him he wouldn't have fallen
你倒过来看看, look at it upside down [cheating, this one is from LTR]
赵处长是个聪明之人，倒是本使多嘴了, you are clever, it's I who has said too much

Me:
你多长时间练习一次乐器？
他倒是没想喝咖啡的。

语法
V + # + measure word for "how many times," mostly 遍, 次, and 下 (that's a new one)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_words_for_verbs
*I was going to give the 到 with repeated verbs at the bottom of yesterday's page a day to itself, but on reflection it's really the same format, just with an extra verb in front of it. Please take a look at yesterday's link as needed.

词汇
不好意思, sorry (also "embarrassed" in some contexts) ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/
More casual "sorry" as far as I know than 对不起.
*I've skipped some of the other 不 words already covered.

Guardian:
我再重复一遍我刚才说的话, I'm going to repeat what I just said one more time
我已经给过你两次机会了，I've already given you a chance twice
不好意思，开个玩笑, sorry, it was a joke.

Me:
我昨天晚上做了三次一样的梦。
不好意思，不是故意的。