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成语
急功近利 looking for instant benefits, immediate success ("the doctrine of snatch"--Dorothy Sayers)
狗急跳墙 taking desperate measures in a tight spot (lit. a cornered dog jumps over the wall)
十万火急 ultra-urgent (lit. as urgent as 100,000 fires)
”pinyin” )

词汇
家具, furniture; 家属, family members; 家乡, hometown; 搬家, move house; 专家, expert ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我可不希望你们像他那样急功近利, I don't want you people to grab for immediate success the way he does
狗急跳墙,准备行刑, he's acting in desperation, prepare the execution!
十万火急,赵处长。今天夜里九点半我们海星鉴的专车在城郊公路被发现,车内三人全部失踪, this is immensely urgent, Chief Zhao; at nine-thirty tonight a Haixing Bureau car was found on a suburban road with all three occupants missing
我必须把这些话传递给他们的家属, I have to let his relatives know about this

Me:
你别拖沓啦,这个话十万火急。
结婚的时候我们买了一些新家具。
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成语
丧家之犬 stray dog, someone who has lost their support and has no place to go (lit. dog in a mourner's house)
千家万户 everyone, all households
亲如一家 as close as family
”pinyin” )

词汇
极了 (suffix), extremely ~ ; 积极, positive ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
要么像个丧家之犬一样继续苟且偷生,要么计划达成正大光明地在阳光下活着, either keep on living a furtive life like a stray dog, or plan to achieve a legitimate life in sunlight
这可是关系到龙城的千家万户啊, this is going to affect every household in Dragon City
还真的是八卦面前亲如一家, you guys are sure as close as family when it comes to gossip
好极了, terrific

Me:
以前彼此是陌生人,现在却是亲如一家。
小猫可爱极了!
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成语
千丝万缕 linked in many ways (lit. a thousand threads, ten thousand strands)
必经之路 the only way, the required path
物尽其用 making the best use of resources
pinyin )

词汇
搬, move; 搬家, move house (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
这些案子跟你沈教授都有千丝万缕的联系, these cases are linked with you in many ways, Professor Shen
科学是人类通往进化的必经之路, science is the evolutionary path humanity must follow
我看还是要物尽其用, I think we need to make use of all our resources
你搬家呢? Are you moving house?

Me:
你要学中文的话,背诵很多成语就是必经之路。
你搬家的时候我帮你个忙啊。
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语法
S + 不得不 + V, "have to X, can't not do X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22have_to%22_with_%22budebu%22

词汇
家, noun suffix (-er); 大家, everyone; 画家, painter; 家庭, household/family; 家长, parent/head of family; 全家, whole family; 作家, writer pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/
(Mixing two meanings of 家 in the list but it should be clear from context...)

Guardian:
我有不得不做的事情, I have things I have to do
为了自己觉得正确的事,有时候也不得不辛苦, sometimes you have to suffer for the things you think are right
这才是科学家的风范嘛, that's how a scientist does things

Me:
不管想不想去,我不得不去。
做作家很难啊。
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第一百天又到了,时间过得太快了吧...

语法
人家 vs 别人 (actually lots of 人家 with a dash of 别人)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22renjia%22_and_%22bieren%22

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

Guardian:
人家还是个孩子呢, he's still a kid
黑袍哥哥慢走,人家等你哟♥, Hei Pao-sweetie, come back soooon, I'm waaaaiting [I mean, come on]
我又不是狗又不是猫, I'm neither a dog nor a cat

Me:
你别这样,人家在听吧。
其实我不太喜欢狗,对我来说猫更可爱。
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语法
一起 + verb, to do something together
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22together%22_with_%22yiqi%22

词汇
家, home/family; also 回家, go home; 家里, in the home; 家人, family; 在家, at home pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
等等,我跟你们一起去, wait, I'm going with you.
你们每一个人都是我的朋友,家人,没有谁比谁更重要, each of you is my friend, my family, no one more important than the next.
我家就住你家对门儿,我干吗还坐你家里啊, my place is right across from yours, what am I gonna do sitting down in your house.

Me:
我跟朋友一起联系中文,她真的很忍耐。
因为我在家里工作,我可以一边工作一边听音乐。

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