三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
Complements of possibility (I don't think this grouping makes much sense, but there it is)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Result_complement_%22-wan%22_for_finishing
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Result_complements_%22-dao%22_and_%22-jian%22

词汇
教材, teaching material; 教练, coach; 请教, consult ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
对不起，我帮不上什么忙, sorry, I can't help you at all
这是什么回事啊，他听不见, what's going on here, he can't hear me
有一个问题想请教你, there's a problem I'd like to consult you about

Me:
这么大的蛋糕连他都一个人肯定吃不完。
这里的教材完全没用，都是像废纸一样。

语法
"Often": 常常 vs 往往
https://mandarinbean.com/changchang-vs-wangwang/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22changchang%22_and_%22wangwang%22

词汇
好好, really good; 好奇, curious; 美好, lovely; 只好, have to ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我们那儿的人常常叫我嵬, my people back then often called me Wei
历史可往往都是成王败寇，胜者为王, history is often written by the winners
我好奇的不是这个，是酒本身, I'm curious not about this but about the alcohol itself

Me:
我常常跟他们一起吃饭。
明天的世界会更美好。

成语
百思不解 incomprehensible, perplexing (lit. incomprehensible even thinking 100 times)
好自为之 to fend for yourself (lit. to do this well for the self)
念兹在兹 to think constantly of something
( pinyin )

词汇
住房, housing; 住院, be hospitalized; 站住, stand still ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我们处有一个研究员，一直在研究生命能量置换的关卡，可到现在仍然是百思不得其解, our department has a researcher who's been studying the permutation of life energy, but he still can't figure it out so far
接下来的路你好自为之, look out for yourself on the road from here.
有人避之不急，就有人念兹在兹, some avoid them without concern, others think constantly of them
我们最近呢，也有一个小哥就因为这是住院了, we have a guy who's been hospitalized lately for reasons

Me:
这个翻译我百思不解，快要放弃了。
这里的住房倒是不那么贵的。

(I went back and looked; technically I started posting-every-day on January 11, so it isn't quite two years yet. Wouldn't surprise me to have lost a number or two somewhere in there. This year artificially extended for lack-of-confusion purposes through two more days ;) )

语法
S + time word + 才 + V "X can only happen after _this_ much time" (part a)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22cai%22_and_%22jiu%22

词汇
像, resemble; 好像, be like (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
那怎么这两天碰到他呢, so why have we only met him in the last two days?
你跟我说的这些我也是今天才知道, I only learned about the things you've been telling me today myself.
人类都像你这么多疑吗, are all humans suspicious like you?

Me:
咱们结婚了这么多久，我如今才发现你喜欢这样味道。
她不用像前男友的男人。

语法
V + 好不容易 "doing X ain't easy" (or words to that effect) (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_difficulty_with_%22hao_(bu)_rongyi%22

词汇
级, level/grade; 高级, advanced/high-level; 年级, grade (in school); 中级, intermediate ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
[no 好不容易 of this kind]
高级物理加密装置, advanced physics encrypting equipment
咱们就是上下级的关系, I'm your superior

Me:
学习语法好不容易啊。
你女儿现在几年级？

语法
只好 X, "there is/was no choice but to X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Declaring_the_only_option_with_%22zhihao%22

词汇
画(儿), painting/drawing; 画家, painter/artist ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
楚哥看我越发不顺眼，害得我只好躲在林靖哥的实验室里, Chu-ge can't stand to lay eyes on me, so I've got to hide in Lin Jing-ge's lab
只好留下来看住他了, all we can do is go on keeping an eye on him
画得不错啊，还是挺帅的, pretty well drawn, not bad-looking

Me:
今天下雨了，但是因为我有约定，所以只好带伞出去。
我们现在在看一个关于画家的电视剧。

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
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。

语法
最好 + V etc., "had better/best to~" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22had_better%22_with_%22zuihao%22

词汇
说, 说话, speak/talk ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 48

Guardian:
你们最好告诉我，否则... you had better tell me. Otherwise...
你最好记住今天说的话, you'd better remember what I said today.
猫说话了，the cat spoke!

Me:
汤还非常烫了，最好等一会儿就吃. (or 喝?)
我跟你说，你最好快点辞职吧。

语法
好 + V, "easy to ~" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22hao%22_to_mean_%22easy%22

词汇
开, open; also 打开, turn on, 开车, drive a car, 开会, hold a meeting, 开玩笑, make a joke ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
不过还算意外好用, but it's unexpectedly easy to use/useful.
不要拿自己家人开玩笑, don't make your own family into a joke.

Me:
这个课本比较好懂。
我不会开车，也不想。

（抱歉迟到了，我头疼了）