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亅 (jué, vertical stroke with hook)
了, finish; 争, strive/argue; 事, thing ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=6

词汇
群, group; 人群, crowd (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
谁也救不了我们, no one can save us
都只是为了争取时间, it's all just a play for time
特调处的那群人太碍眼了, that group from the SID has become too much of an annoyance

Me:
我的想法从来就没人明了🎵
他想要离开人群。

nnozomi

语法
Complements of emphasis (得不得了 and so on)
https://mandarinbean.com/the-degree-complement-2/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_degree_complements

词汇
女子, woman; 子女, children ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
其实自私得不得了, how selfish can you get?
智商低得不行, stupid as they come
死者全是年轻女子, all the victims are young women

Me:
我饿得不行，什么时候开饭？
不要以为因为她是个女子所以她无力。

grayswandir

... as dì, liǎo, zhuó, mo.

I just learned about this and thought it was interesting! Has anybody else run across song lyrics or other places where these words (as grammar particles) are pronounced differently from the usual pronunciations? Apparently this was mostly a thing in older songs (pre-1990s), so I'm curious if anyone else has noticed it.

( Brief anecdote for context )

( Explanations I found for this. )

Anyway, this was new to me so I thought I'd share. And now I'm curious if it's still common at all or if this is mostly just a thing of the past. Has anyone else run across any songs with these pronunciations? In particular, has anyone heard dì in songs not from 30+ years ago?

nnozomi

语法
少不了 + N/V "can't do without X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22can%27t_do_without%22_with_%22shaobuliao%22

词汇
头, head/inside; 头发, hair; 点头, nod; 里头, inside ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
[no 少不了]
我在梦里头，我梦见长城他回来了, in my dream I dreamed that Changcheng came back
大庆，你这头发跟这衣服是- Da Qing, what's with the hair and the clothes?

Me:
吃泰国绿咖喱的时候，少不了辣椒。
希望你别说话，只点头摇头。

nnozomi

语法
V + 得了/不了 "can/can't do V (due to external circumstances)" (part 1)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_potential_complements

词汇
全, whole/entire/complete; 安全, safety; 全部, whole; 全国, entire country; 全家, entire family; 全年, annual; 全身, whole body; 全体, all/entire/whole ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你觉得你跳得了吗? do you think you can escape? [I never understand why phrases like this don't use 以为 instead of 觉得.]
再说了，你都病了，这些东西你肯定吃不了, and also you're sick, you definitely can't eat these things
我把全部都给你了, I gave you everything

Me:
这个东西我吃不了，你都吃吧。
运动之后，全身都是汗。

nnozomi

语法
Adjective + 得 + 很/不得了/要命/不行, "incredibly X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_degree_complements

词汇
取, take; 取得, acquire (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
其实自私得不得了, actually it's very selfish
智商低得不行, dumb as a post
既然是昆仑给我取的名字我当然喜欢了, since it's you, Kunlun, who allowed me to take [or less literally, "gave me"] the name, of course I like it

Me:
上周闷热得不行，这周还可以。
你必须去事务所取得文件。

nnozomi

语法
Adjective + 得不得了, "extremely X" (usually negative)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Adjectival_complement_%22de_budeliao%22

词汇
国际, international; 出国, go abroad; 回国, return from abroad; 全国, the whole country ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
其实自私得不得了, actually it's incredibly selfish
[none of the 国 words here; maybe in the Guardian world they say 星际, 出星, 回星, 全星? The character 国 only comes up a few times, mostly in the context of Lin Jing calling himself the 科技界的国民老公, the National Sweetheart of STEM.]

Me:
昨天穿连裤袜出去的时候，热得不得了。
我每次都出国，到回国不会放松。

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