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成语
明察秋毫 to observe even the smallest things, not to miss a thing
螳螂捕蝉黄雀在后 to pursue small gains while neglecting greater danger (lit. the mantis stalks the cicada unaware of the oriole behind)
千辛万苦 untold hardships, trials and tribulations (lit. a thousand pains and ten thousand sufferings)
”pinyin” )
...and that concludes all the chengyu from the Guardian script, although there are probably a few in there I missed. I'm quite pleased with myself for being able to group them by common characters for all but the last three days. Suggestions for what to address next, please?

词汇
其次, secondly; 其实, actually ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
夜尊大人,神武盖世,明察秋毫,仙福永享,寿与天齐, Lord Ye Zun, mighty and powerful, perspicacious, may you live in fortune and long life
我是故意放走了赵云澜,好让老板你螳螂捕蝉黄雀在后, I let Zhao Yunlan go on purpose, so as not to let you pursue small gains and neglect greater danger
你以为我千辛万苦地把他留到现在是为了什么, what did you think I went to such pains to keep him for?
其实我第一眼见你的时候,我就喜欢上你了, actually, the first time I laid eyes on you I fell in love with you.

Me:
你真的明察秋毫,我没发现那些小错误。
其实他还在这里。
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成语
天方夜谭 theThousand and One Nights, a fantastic story, pie in the sky
始料未及 unforeseen, unexpected
前赴后继 to advance wave after wave
”pinyin” )

词汇
期, period/time/term/expect; 长期, long-term; 定期, regular; 短期, short-term; 近期, recent ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
还以为利用圣器打通时空的限制只是天方夜谭, I always thought using the Holy Tools to communicate through the limitations of space and time was just a fantasy
欧阳贞发狂于此星督局和海星鉴都是始料未及, neither the Xingdu Bureau nor the Haixing Inspectorate expected Ouyang Zhen to go mad
现在我们的同胞前赴后继, right now our brothers are coming on wave after wave
希望你能定期向我提供情报, I hope you can provide me with information regularly

Me:
他说的话虽然都是天方夜谭,但是好好听。
你别误会啊,这并不是长期的话!
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Thank you for kind and useful comments yesterday! Replies/further discussion to follow, today a bit of a rush.

语法
Causatives 由 and 将 + "since" (I don't know why 自从 is in the same lesson)
https://mandarinbean.com/you2/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22jiang%22_as_a_formal_%22ba%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Emphasizing_the_doer_of_an_action_with_%22you%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22ever_since%22_with_%22zicong%22

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

Guardian:
老板的任务一直都是由你负责, the boss' duties have been for you to handle all along
城东区树林将全部被砍伐, the forest in the eastern district will all be cut down
自从你当年离我而去,我就戴上了这个面具, I have worn this mask since you left me back then
[no 落后]

Me:
自从昨天我们在第四年中.
不要走得落后了,你肯定要摔倒了。
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语法
Words for "around" in various senses: 左右, 前后, 上下
https://mandarinbean.com/zuoyou-vs-qianhou-vs-shangxia/

词汇
会议, meeting; 会员, member(ship); 社会, society; 体会, experience; 演唱会, concert ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
身高大概一米八左右, height of about 180cm
如果一个人在感染前后都是一个熊样,那是不是就说明他光荣正确伟大,没有任何的缺陷? if a person is the same before and after the contagion, does that mean he's upright and laudable with no faults?
否则社会秩序会立即崩溃的, otherwise the social order would immediately collapse

Me:
我三点左右到那里,你能不能在火车站接给我?
这个会议太长了吧,无聊死我了。
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语法
Reduplication of measure words
https://mandarinbean.com/the-overlap-of-quantifiers-and-quantity/

词汇
后果, consequence; 后面, behind; 后年, the year after next; 背后, behind; 落后, backward; 前后, front and back/from start to finish ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
一个个五官都被抹去, all their faces were removed
但是花草树木年年生长, but flowers and trees grow year by year
后果不敢想象, I don't dare imagine the consequences

Me:
为了收集数据,我们要把所有的龙一条一条数。
你说后年,我觉得真的是猴年马月。
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成语
博物洽闻 knowing a lot about many subjects, polymathic
前所未见 unprecedented, never seen before
物归原主 to return something to its rightful owner (see also the less literal 完璧归赵)
”pinyin” )

词汇
背, back; 背后, behind (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
久闻亚兽族博物洽闻,耳目遍布天下, I have long heard that the Yashou have a wide range of knowledge and eyes and ears everywhere
这个案子呀,看上去离奇,但也不算前所未见的, this case seems quite odd but can't be considered unprecedented
之前调查的时候从你们家取走一些照片今天物归原主, we are returning some photographs taken previously from your home during the investigation
可现在在我们的背后是千千万万的同胞啊, but now we have innumerable comrades at our backs

Me:
什么意思呢,这个现象就是前所未见。
劳动的时候不要伤害腰背。
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成语
一言为定 it’s a deal, done and done (lit. one word settles it)
鞍前马后 to follow someone everywhere, be at their beck and call (lit. before the saddle, after the horse)
以貌取人 to judge by appearances
”pinyin” )

词汇
按, press/push; 按照, according to (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
你说的一言为定,what you said is a deal.
一 一个张丹妮混淆视听,一个地星人鞍前马后,配合还真是默契, one Zhang Danni muddying the waters, one Dixingren at her beck and call, what a pair.
我就知道你们这些人都是看脸的以貌取人, I know you people all just look at the face and judge by appearances.
按照他说的,烛九背后还有高人, according to what he said, there’s still someone higher up behind Zhu Jiu.

Me:
那双夫妇,他完全她鞍前马后。
按照这本书,不能这样写。
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成语
冷酷无情, cold-hearted and unfeeling (lit. cold, cruel, without feeling)
网开一面, lenient, to give an opponent a way out (lit. to open one side of the net, going back to the Xia Dynasty)*
秋后算账, to settle the score at a suitable time (lit. to settle accounts after autumn; accounts seem to vary on whether prisoners were executed in autumn or farmers did their books after harvest)
pinyin )
*It looks like if anyone wants to study Chinese idioms in Japanese through Nirvana in Fire, you can do that here!

词汇
只, only; 只能, can only; 只要, as long as (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
看来黑袍使大人并不像他看上去那么冷酷无情, it seems the Lord Envoy isn't as cold-hearted as he appears
怎么就对咱们老大网开一面, no way is he going to show leniency to our boss
该不会是秋后算账吧, isn't he just waiting for the right time to settle accounts?
只要你多看多听多学,你自然就懂的多了, as long as you see, hear, and learn a lot, you will naturally come to understand more

Me:
别说不能吃巧克力,这么冷酷无情啊。
这样的规则的话,我们只能看样子。
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语法
Past event 1 + 后来 + past event 2 "X, afterward Y" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22yihou%22_%22ranhou%22_%22houlai%22

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

Guardian:
所以就剩下我跟我弟弟两个人相依为命,后来实在活不下去了,我们就决定出去闯荡, so my brother and I were left to depend on each other. Afterward we couldn't survive there, so we decided to leave and go make our way in the world
你们在吃鱼吃肉的时候,怎么从来没有想过生活诚可贵呢? when you eat fish or meat, why have you never thought of their lives as precious?
死猫,小鱼干炸好了, damn cat, the fried fish is ready

Me:
昨天我去超市,后来吃午饭了。
因为鱼肉有太多骨头,所以我不太喜欢吃。
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语法
Event/time + 以后 + SV "after X, Y" (middle of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22yihou%22_%22ranhou%22_%22houlai%22

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

Guardian:
这里除了大庆,你们都是赵云澜就职以后入职的新人, except for Da Qing, you're all new employees who entered after Zhao Yunlan was hired
我走了以后,一定请你善待这孩子, after I go, please take good care of her
如果你又能做好我们的老师,又能干好兼职,看就两全其美皆大欢喜啦, if you can both be a good teacher for us and also do your side job well, then it's win-win, isn't it

Me:
我一个小时以后起床,还不想醒醒。
你又能弹钢琴吗,真的太才华。
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语法
以后 + event "in the future, X" (middle of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22yihou%22_%22ranhou%22_%22houlai%22

词汇
有空(儿), have time/be free; 有人, (there's) someone; 有(一)点(儿), a little bit; 有意思, interesting; 所有, all pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
以后我希望你能注意安全, I hope you'll be careful in the future
你以后就不用再害怕了, in the future you won't need to be afraid any more
沈巍?好名字。这是我的名片,咱们有空再聊, Shen Wei? A good name. Here's my card, let's talk more when we both have time.

Me:
以后你最好不太迟辣的。
我有一点累啊,今天睡觉得早吧。
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语法
S1 + (先 +)V1 + 然后 + S2 + V2 "X, and then Y" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22yihou%22_%22ranhou%22_%22houlai%22
this one I picked up quite early from Zhu Yilong's habit of saying "ránhòuuuuuu..." in interviews when thinking about what to say next

词汇
友好, friendly; 交朋友, make friends; 老朋友, old friend pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你先把粥喝了然后把药吃了, have some congee first and then take your medicine
你有没有看见一个脸上留着胡子,然后嘴里可能含着棒棒糖的这样的一个男人? have you seen a man with a beard, and maybe a lollipop in his mouth?
你也能深刻的感受到我们特调处的热情,稳重,友好, you can get a real sense of how enthusiastic, calm, and friendly our SID is

Me:
你先听一听天气预报,然后找到雨伞。
那两个国家的关系不太友好。
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语法
Event 1 + 之后 + Event 2 "X, and then Y" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22yihou%22_and_%22zhihou%22

词汇
游客, tourist/visitor; 旅游, travel/tourism pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我当时听见尖叫声之后马上就看了过去, I heard a scream and then went to see right away
这件事情等我回来之后再说吧, after I get back let’s talk about this again.
[no 游 of this kind]

Me:
我想洗个澡,之后才会能放松。
这里因为游客太多所以我不喜欢。
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语法
以后... "in the future" (middle of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22yihou%22_and_%22zhihou%22

词汇
油, oil; 加油, try hard/good luck (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
以后我东西没经过我同意谁也别动! from now on nobody better touch my things without my permission!
以后还是少喝点吧, mabe drink a little less in the future
都别火上浇油了, don't pour oil on the fire [don't make a bad situation worse]

Me:
以后我会起床得更早。
煮饭的时候我喜欢用胡麻油。
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语法
S (+V) + 以后/之后 + (S+) V "after X, Y" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22yihou%22_and_%22zhihou%22

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

Guardian:
我被解雇以后,恐怕再也没办法保护这个孩子了, after I was fired, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect the kid any more.
咱们就等天黑之后再出去吧, let's set off again after it gets dark
我永远也不会原谅你, I will never forgive you

Me:
洗衣服以后要把它放在吊干。
我会永远记得你的友善。
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语法
从/自从/自 + event + 以后/后/以来, "since X happened" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22ever_since%22_with_%22zicong%22

词汇
理想, ideal; 道理, truth pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
自从您新上任以来,地星不知着了什么魔, since your accession to your position, Dixing no longer knows what's happening.
那从今以后我的名字就叫做沈巍, from now on my name will be Shen Wei.
你们当年为之奋斗的理想现在已经结出了应有的果实, the ideals you fought for then have already borne the fruit they should now.

Me:
自从跟他们见面以来,我一直信任了他们。
理想又重要,努力又重要。
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语法
千万 + 不要/别/不能 + V, "absolutely don't do X" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22to_make_certain%22_with_%22qianwan%22

词汇
今后, from now on/in future (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你千万不要告诉沙雅, don't you dare tell Sha Ya
最后这句话,可千万不能被她看到, finally, whatever happens she mustn't see me.
[no sentence with 今后]

Me:
冰箱里的桃子你千万不要吃,我把它留在为晚饭吃。
今后好好小心这样的问题再也不出来。
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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。
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语法
X 以后, "after X" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22yihou%22_and_%22de_shihou%22
I suppose you could say this page refers to "actions done in the time after X happens," with the difference being whether you use "in the time after" (的时候) or just "after" (以后)?

词汇
观点, viewpoint; 参观, visit pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我走了以后,一定请你善待这孩子, after I leave, I beg you to take good care of this child
有什么事情跟我回去以后再说吧, let's talk about what's going on after you return with me.
看来赵处长有眉目了,要不然哪有时间到我们学校来参观? Apparently you've found a lead; otherwise, how would you have time to visit our school?

Me:
他醒来了以后,我跟他确认再联系你吧。
每个人有自己的观点。
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语法
X, 后来 Y (X happened, and then Y happened)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Sequencing_past_events_with_%22houlai%22


词汇
有, to have/to exist; also 还有, also ;), 没有, not/none, 有的, some, 有名, famous, 有时(候), sometimes, 有(一)些, some, 有用, useful pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 95

Guardian:
但是都不对的。后来我想明白了, but they were all wrong. Afterward I figured it out.
如果有一些危险,他一定会来, if there is some danger, he will come
有的时候,一个人的心思太重, sometimes thoughts when alone are too heavy [needs a better translation but 现在我没有时间]

Me:
我几年前看了那本书,觉得非常好。后来跟作者见面的时候很开心了。
现在我们都感觉有一些郁闷。

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