三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
Directional complements 下来, 下去, 起来, 上
https://mandarinbean.com/the-directional-complement-4/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Direction_complement

词汇
内, within; 内容, content (as in "what something holds," not "satisfied"); 内心, inner heart; 国内, domestic (as opposed to international) ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
留下来喝杯酒, stay on a while and have a glass to drink
但愿你能一直幸运下去, I hope your good fortune will continue
没能把你求起来, he couldn't rescue you
可低温冻死，这就是第二十九章的内容, death from hypothermia is from the Chapter 29 content

Me:
别关立体声，我想听下去。
说说你内心一下。

语法
本来 vs 原来, "originally"
https://mandarinbean.com/benlai-vs-yuanlai/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22benlai%22_and_%22yuanlai%22


词汇
可靠, reliable; 可乐, cola; 认可, certificate [certify?]/ratify ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
本来工资就不高，再扣就没啦, it's not like my salary is high to start with, if it gets cut again I'll have nothing
原来你一直在这儿啊, so you were here all along
一有什么问题突然变得那么可靠, he becomes instantly dependable when there's some kind of problem

Me:
原来是你呀！
我不太爱喝可乐，我觉得太甜了。

语法
Approximate numbers with 来 and 多
https://mandarinbean.com/approximate-number/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Indicating_a_number_in_excess

词汇
光/光明, light; 不光, not only; 阳光, sunshine ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
闲了一百多年你话都不会说了, a hundred-odd years hanging around and you can hardly speak any more
多少钱？两三百吧, How much? Two or three hundred.
我从来没像今天这样看清楚光明和希望, I have never seen light and hope so clearly as today

Me:
等三四年他那个孩子快要比我更高了。
那时候他浑身发光了。

(I almost typoed today's title as 第八失败天. That would have been going from especially auspicious to the reverse...).

成语
独来独往 a lone wolf, unsociable, a maverick (lit. coming alone, going alone)
卧虎藏龙 concealed talent (lit. couching tiger [not a typo], hiding dragon)
打草惊蛇 to give the game away, pour encourager les autres (lit. strike grass, startle snake)
( pinyin )

词汇
走过, pass by; 走进, walk in; 走开, go away ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
一珂同学她身体确实不太好，平时呢，比较喜欢独来独往, I believe Yike's health isn't very good, she usually prefers to be on her own
龙城大学还真是卧虎藏龙啊, there is certainly a lot of hidden talent at Dragon City University
就算老楚大草了惊蛇也没关系，总之呢，敌不动, it doesn't matter even if Lao Chu inadvertently tipped the enemy off, they aren't moving anyway
不对呀，这些路咱们都走过了, this isn't right, we've been down all these streets

Me:
你跟她告白之前交给她巧克力就打草惊蛇吧。
门开了啊，请随便走进。

语法
S + 看起来 + predicate "X looks like Y to me" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22xiande%22_and_%22kanqilai%22

词汇
越, the more; 越来越, more and more ~ (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你看起来好像很紧张的样子了嘛, you look like you're awfully tense
你脸色看起来好差呀，你没事吧, you don't look very good to me, are you all right?
这几年你越来越固执了，我也越来越啰嗦. In the last few years you've gotten more and more stubborn and I've been more and more tiresome.

Me:
那些云看起来很黑，我觉得快要下雨了。
最近我的眼睛越来越近视。

语法
看来 + perspective/opinion "seems to be X" (middle of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22kanqilai%22_and_%22kanlai%22

词汇
院, yard/college; 院长, dean; 院子, courtyard; 出院, leave hospital; 住院, be hospitalized ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
看来这一次我真得给他发奖金了, it looks like this time I'll really have to give him a bonus
看来我们这一次完蛋了, it looks like we've had it this time.
我们最近呢，也有一个小哥就因为这是住院了, recently a guy of ours was hospitalized for reasons

Me:
看来他今天不会来，那么可惜。
那个小院子有很多漂亮的花花。

语法
S + 看起来 + Adj. "looks X" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22kanqilai%22_and_%22kanlai%22


词汇
语言, language; 词语, term (of vocabulary); 英语, English ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
副处活很久了吗？他看起来很年轻啊, has the Deputy Chief lived that long? He looks so young.
你脸色看起来好差呀，你没事吧, you don't look very good, are you okay?
你还可以控制别人的语言动作，能耐不小啊, you can also control other people's language and behavior, you can stand up to a lot.

Me:
这个蛋糕看起来太好吃啦，我想都吃。
你会说多少个语言？

语法
原来 + 的 + noun "previous, former X" (part e)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22benlai%22_and_%22yuanlai%22

词汇
向, toward; 方向, direction (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
那你呢，你还是原来的你吗, and what about you, are you still who you formerly were?
你是我来到这世界上第一个向我深处援手的人, since I came to this world you were the first person to extend a helping hand to who I really am
我一定向你道歉, I have to apologize to you

Me:
在我原来的公寓没有南方的窗户。
你向他又什么样的感动？

语法
S + 本来 + 就 "definitely X, obviously X, X to start with" (part c)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22benlai%22_and_%22yuanlai%22

词汇
响, loud; 影响, influence (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我本来就对那个没兴趣, I'm not interested in that to start with.
我本来就是一个没出息的人, I've obviously got no prospects
这小姑娘不声不响地居然藏着圣器, so this girl was hiding the Hallow without a word!

Me:
你本来就有资格，别逃了快做。
声音太响了，我不想靠近。

语法
S2 + 本来 + 是 （+ [不]要/会/应该]）+ V1 + 的，但是/可是 S2 + V2 "X was supposed to happen, but Y happened" (part a)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22benlai%22_and_%22yuanlai%22

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

Guardian:
我本来是想吸取你身体的能量的，但是你这么伤痕累累，肯定没什么营养, I was going to absorb your physical energy, but you're in such bad shape, there definitely wouldn't be any nutrition there
我那时候本来应该害怕的，但是我没有, I should have been afraid then, but I wasn't
这时的你坐在盛夏的海边, at this time you're sitting by the seaside in the middle of summer

Me:
我本来是应该给他那本书的，但是那么有意思我自己看完。
在夏天下雨很少。