三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
Measure words, continued
https://mandarinbean.com/classifiers-6/
[Spoiling one answer: 匹 is the counting word for "horses or bolts of cloth"?! Well...I guess horses will bolt if you leave the stable door open...?]
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_word

词汇
面对, face (v.); 面积, area (measure); 表面, surface; 后面, behind; 里面, inside; 另一方面, on the other hand; 前面, front; 全面, comprehensive; 上面, above; 外面, outside/outer; 下面, below; 一方面, on the one hand ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
一朵花虽然美但总觉得孤零零的, a single flower is beautiful but always seems lonely
只有你们两个人可以自由穿梭着一扇门, is it only the two of you who can come and go freely through this door?
我实在是没有脸面对你, in fact I can't bring myself to face you [I don't have the face to face you]

Me:
欢迎大家第一届演唱会。
你家的面积多少方米?

成语
青面獠牙 fierce-looking (lit. pale face, bared teeth)
面面俱到 take care of everything (lit. prepared in every aspect)
人面兽心 a wolf in sheep's clothing, a malicious liar (lit. human face, beast's heart)
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
分别, part; 分配, distribution; 分组, grouping; 得分, score ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
无论男奴女奴，都会戴着青面獠牙的面具, whether male slaves or female, they all wore fierce masks
背地里呀，面面俱到，偶尔心软, behind it all you're thoughtful and sometimes soft-hearted
这个混蛋是个人面兽心的伪君子, this bastard is a malicious liar and a hypocrite
其实在你的理解当中你畏惧并不是死亡，而是分别, in fact the way you saw it, your worst fear wasn't death, it was being parted

Me:
有像你一样的面面俱到的朋友在，我真的好运。
我不喜欢今天上课时候的分组。

成语
冷酷无情, cold-hearted and unfeeling (lit. cold, cruel, without feeling)
网开一面, lenient, to give an opponent a way out (lit. to open one side of the net, going back to the Xia Dynasty)*
秋后算账, to settle the score at a suitable time (lit. to settle accounts after autumn; accounts seem to vary on whether prisoners were executed in autumn or farmers did their books after harvest)
( pinyin )
*It looks like if anyone wants to study Chinese idioms in Japanese through Nirvana in Fire, you can do that here!

词汇
只, only; 只能, can only; 只要, as long as (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
看来黑袍使大人并不像他看上去那么冷酷无情, it seems the Lord Envoy isn't as cold-hearted as he appears
怎么就对咱们老大网开一面, no way is he going to show leniency to our boss
该不会是秋后算账吧, isn't he just waiting for the right time to settle accounts?
只要你多看多听多学，你自然就懂的多了, as long as you see, hear, and learn a lot, you will naturally come to understand more

Me:
别说不能吃巧克力，这么冷酷无情啊。
这样的规则的话，我们只能看样子。

语法
noun + 而已, "only X" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22that%27s_all%22_with_%22eryi%22

词汇
面, side, aspect, also face, surface, flour; 对面, opposite side; 方便面, instant noodles; 方面, aspect; 面前, in front of, before ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
零度而已嘛, it's just a matter of zero degrees
小伤而已，恩人不必担心, it's just a flesh wound, you need not worry
我倒是忘了，坐在我面前的这一位可就是他的大靠山, I forgot, the personage sitting in front of me is his guiding light

Me:
只是一个约会而已吧，不是我们婚约了。
在你面前有很多方便面。

语法
什么都 for “all, everything” (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22everything%22_with_%22shenme_dou%22

词汇
面包, bread, and 面条（儿）, noodles ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/
(This is another one where simplified characters are not helpful, bread/noodles should not be the same character as 见面 or 对面, the edible ones should be 麺…)

Guardian:
活着不比什么都强啊，living matters as much as anything
在这里什么都有可能发生, anything can happen here
我给你带了面包, I brought you some bread.

Me:
那个面包店的蛋糕我什么都喜欢。