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成语
As an intermediate measure, a quick quiz (don't check past tags!) on the chengyu so far:
1. Which number is commonest of 一,十,百,千,and 万?
2. Which is commoner, 有 or 无?
3. Which body part does not appear: 手, 肩, 头, 舌, or 眼?
4. Which is commoner, 天 or 地?
5. Which is commonest of 做,坐,and 作?

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

Guardian:
人口不多,气候也特别地恶劣, the population is small and the climate particularly terrible

Me:
我很喜欢这个城市,但是气候不太好。
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成语
唉声叹气 to sigh
忍气吞声 to suffer in silence, to grin and bear it (lit. suppress anger and swallow voice)
阴阳怪气 peculiar, eccentric, weird
”pinyin” )

词汇
告别, farewell; 报告, presentation/report ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
祝红姐每天都在唉声叹气, Zhu Hong-jie spends her days sighing
我的老婆给我戴过绿帽子,我还得忍气吞声, my wife stepped out on me and all I can do is grin and bear it
那个人说话阴阳怪气的, that guy says weird things
这份报告不能少于十万字, this report must be at least 100,000 characters

Me:
你太忍气吞声啦,多点抱怨!
我不想跟你告别。
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成语
引蛇出洞 to expose an evildoer (lit. to pull a snake out of its hole)
大呼小叫 to shout and yell, to make a big fuss (lit. to call loudly and softly)
鼓起勇气 to pluck up your courage
pinyin )

词汇
座,座位, seat (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
只能由姑奶奶我亲自出马引蛇出洞了, all we can do is have me myself show up the villain [funnier because it's Zhu Hong saying "drag the snake out of its hole]
别在这大呼小叫的, stop making such a fuss
那天晚上我终于鼓起勇气想跟她告白, that night I had finally nerved myself to confess to her
坐在座位上, sit in the seat

Me:
孩子们一直大呼小叫,真有活力。
这个座位你坐下。
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语法
格外 (+ 地) + adj./verb "especially X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22especially%22_with_%22gewai%22
*The page text says "you will occasionally see 格外地 before an adjective," and then all their examples thereof are spelled 格外的, but I think 地 should be the correct version?

词汇
气, air/gas/breath; 空气, air/atmosphere; 气温, air temperature pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
进来以后要慎言慎行,格外小心, once inside you need to take great care with speech and behavior, be especially careful [literal translation; I think he's just saying "be especially careful" twice in two different ways]
你逃离地星原本只是向往新鲜的空气, if you originally left Dixing just to go to the fresh air

Me:
她最近格外地忙,我不想让你为了小事麻烦她。
今天的气温一直很高,好好喝水吧。
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语法
X + 这种/这类 + category, "the thing called X" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Name-calling_with_%22zhege%22

词汇
空气, atmosphere (air) (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你们这种人懂什么, what do people like you understand?
挂科重修这种小挫折都受不了,心比薯片还脆, unable to take little setbacks like failing and repeating a course, they've got hearts more brittle than potato chips.
那里有充沛的阳光新鲜的空气, there's abundant sunlight and fresh air there

Me:
数学这种课我不喜欢。
今天闷热死了,空气很浓。

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