三人行，必有我师(焉)

部首
人 part 2 rén
仁, humane; 仅, only; 仇, hatred/enemy ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=9

语法
Testing a new grammar site: these are quizzes from a Routledge grammar textbook which are apparently available without logging in, signing up, etc., they should keep us going for a couple of months. There is no direct link to each individual quiz (as far as I can tell), so for today, click on CHAPTER 1. (Or don't, you know, I'm not the boss of you.) Let me know if we should keep using these or if you'd rather do something else!
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

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

Guardian:
仅仅因为她天生和别人不一样就该受到不公平的待遇吗, should she be treated unfairly just because she was born different from other people?
现在在我面前没有熟人，只有仇人和挡我路的人, right now I have no acquaintances, only enemies and people who get in my way.
我还不知道该如何报答你呢, I don't know how I should make amends to you

Me:
你小心啊，他很记仇。
无论如何，我会回来再见你。

语法
Compound sentences with 而是, 既, etc.
https://mandarinbean.com/compound-sentence-patterns-3/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22er%22_to_explain_contrasting_ideas
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22both%E2%80%A6_and%E2%80%A6%22_with_%22ji...you%22

词汇
仅, 仅仅, only; 不仅, not only (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
你们特调处不是要一个顾问，而是需要一个保姆, you SID people don't need a consultant, you need a nanny
上午他既没有课也没有研究任务, in the morning he has neither classes nor research duties
仅仅因为她天生和别人不一样，就该受到不公平的待遇吗, just because she was born different from other people, does that mean she should be treated unfairly?

Me:
他既好看又善良。
我仅仅想帮你个忙。

语法
SV1 + S2 + 不但/不仅 + 不/没 + V2 + S3 + 反而 + V3 (phew) "When X happened, not only did Y not happen, the OPPOSITE of Y happened"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22on_the_contrary%22_with_%22fan%27er%22

词汇
轻, light (as in not heavy), 年轻, young ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
现在关于我们特调处的负面新闻不仅没有减少，反而越传越离谱, right now the negative news about our SID is not just not decreasing, it's getting farther from the truth the more it spreads [so satisfying to find an exact example of a weird grammatical pattern in real usage]
你这太年轻肯定不行, you're too young, forget about it.
我轻点, I'll [rub salve on your arm] a little more lightly.

Me:
冷了的时候，我的花花不仅没死，它们反而开起来花得很漂亮。
这个盒子并不轻，你帮我拿一下。