三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
Comparative sentences
https://mandarinbean.com/comparative-sentences-6/

词汇
情感/感情, feeling; 情况, situation ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
这里的情况比起龙城更惨啊, the situation here is even more awful than in Dragon City
这款游戏收藏价值大于实用, this game has more hoarding value than actual practical use

Me:
比起去年来，今年雪下得更少。
这又不是情感的问题。

语法
Uses of 还
https://mandarinbean.com/all-the-uses-about-hai/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E8%BF%98

词汇
果然, sure enough; 果汁, fruit juice; 成果, achievements; 后果, consequences; 苹果, apple; 效果, effect ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
薇薇她还在等我, Weiwei is still waiting for me
课还要照上，研究还要照做, but you must also conduct your classes and do your research
我果然没看错人, I knew I had an eye for people

Me:
你还没联系过他吗，快点！
她每天都替早饭喝果汁。

语法
还是 for "or" in questions
https://mandarinbean.com/selective-question-with-haishi/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Offering_choices_with_%22haishi%22

词汇
代 substitute, replace (also generation); 代表, representative; 代表团, delegation; 古代, ancient; 年代, years; 时代, times; 现代, modern ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
多像是一场梦啊，但终究是美梦还是噩梦？ this seems like a dream, but is it a dream or a nightmare?
我真的不知道我们现在这么做到底是对还是错, I really don't know whether what we're doing now is right or wrong
我代表所有的受害者向你表示感谢, I represent all the victims to thank you

Me:
谁画了这幅画，是你还是他？
代表团的成员不会说英语。

语法
不管 + 是 + X + 还是 + Y + S + 都
不管 + V + 不 + V + S + 都
"no matter whether it's X or Y, Z" (middle of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22no_matter%22_with_%22buguan%22

词汇
太太, ma'am; 不太, not too; 太阳, sun (three completely unrelated usages) ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我有义务让所有的人知道，不管是明星，企业家，还是你们这帮所谓的公众人物，最真实的一面！ I have a duty to let everyone know the truth, whether about celebrities, entrepreneurs, or so-called public figures like you.
不管你是猫还是人，你是我唯一的亲人, whether you're a cat or a human, you're my only relative.
沈老师，外面太阳大，喝口水吧, Professor Shen, it's so sunny out here, have some water.

Me:
不管现在下不下雨，以防万一你带个伞吧。
夏天的太阳真折磨人。

语法
不但/不仅 + V1 + 并且 + 也/还 + V2 "X, and also Y" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22moreover%22_with_%22bingqie%22

词汇
漂亮, beautiful/pretty (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
[no 并且 of this kind]
你们这些臭男人都是这样，一看到漂亮的女人魂都飞走了, you goddamn men are all the same, you see a pretty woman and your soul leaves your body
干得漂亮, nice work

Me:
他不仅不抽烟，并且他也不喝酒。
你不用染白发，现在这样足够漂亮。

语法
还...吗? for rhetorical questions (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_uses_of_%22hai%22

词汇
后来, later; 今后, from now on; 然后, then; 以后, thereafter ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
要知道是什么问题，还需要你个科学怪人啊, if we knew what the problem was, would we need you, Mr. science weirdo?
后来的事情你们都知道了, and you know everything that happened later
我们去喝杯咖啡，然后帮你做个笔录，然后你就可以回家了. We'll go and have a cup of coffee, and then help you give your statement, and then you can go home.

Me:
你看着我穿两件毛衣，今天还冷吗。
算了算了，后来再说吧。

语法
还 + predicate to show surprise (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_uses_of_%22hai%22

词汇
黑，黑色, black; 黑版, blackboard ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你们人，特别是你，还真喜欢偷懒啊, you humans, especially you, really like to slack off [spoken by Da Qing...]
楚哥，你还有弟弟吗, Chu-ge, you have a little brother?
我的能量是黑色的。我的眼睛，我的头发，乃至我的灵魂都是黑色的, my power is black. My eyes, my hair, even my soul are all black.

Me:
你还走路来了，那么远！
演出会的时候，我得必须穿黑色的裙子。

语法
还好 X, 不然 Y "luckily it was X, otherwise it would have been Y"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_good_luck_with_%22haihao%22

词汇
发, send; 出发, set out; 发现, find/notice ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/
*头发 "hair" is also the same character, but it's not supposed to be: the non-simplified characters are 発 and 髪 respectively.

Guardian:
还好这次的共鸣轻微，要不然..., just as well the resonance was mild this time, otherwise...
还好蛇的作息跟人类不一样, luckily snakes' rest patterns aren't the same as humans
我却发现我自己越来越看不清你了, but I realized that I myself am more and more confused about you.

Me:
还好今天没下雨，不然我们不能去看看樱花。
你发现了吗？他又变了女朋友。

语法
X 比 Y 更/还 adj. "X is even more ~~ than Y"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22even_more%22_with_%22geng%22_or_%22hai%22

词汇
懂, 懂得, understand (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
有些人比鬼更可怕, some people are even scarier than monsters
心比薯片还脆, their hearts are even more brittle than potato chips
可你为什么一点都不懂我, why don't you understand me at all?

Me:
今天的天气比昨天的更热了，干吗呢。
你不用说下去，我都懂。

语法
还是 + 别/不要 + V + 了, better not do X (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22had_better%22_with_%22haishi%22

词汇
睡，睡觉, sleep ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 47

Guardian:
我看我还是别坐了吧, looks like I'd better not sit down
这么晚不睡觉你干吗呢，what are you doing awake so late?
不行了，我不行了，我得睡会儿, no good, I've had it, I've got to sleep a little

Me:
就让我再睡五分钟... (歌词)
你还是别在生日之前开礼物了。