三人行，必有我师(焉)

本周的部首
Radical #1: 一, one, yī
一, one; 七, seven; 万, ten thousand; 三, three ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=1
Tentative plan for the moment: choose a radical of the week (in some cases, more like a radical of the month or the season depending how many characters use it???) and cover a few characters from it daily? (Along with every-other-day grammar) People who were interested in seeing more radical/character-related content, let me know if this is something like what you had in mind, if not what else you'd prefer, if you recommend any other sites to link to, etc.

词汇
前后, front and back/around; 前进, advance forward; 前面, front; 前往, going to; 从前, before; 目前, at present; 提前, advance; 眼前, at the moment ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
你再说一遍! say that again!
我找了你一万年, I've searched for you for ten thousand years
前面全部是山路也不好走, the road ahead is all mountain paths with bad footing

Me:
有七个人的话就可以。
先乘前往京都的火车。

语法
Words for "around" in various senses: 左右, 前后, 上下
https://mandarinbean.com/zuoyou-vs-qianhou-vs-shangxia/

词汇
会议, meeting; 会员, member(ship); 社会, society; 体会, experience; 演唱会, concert ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
身高大概一米八左右, height of about 180cm
如果一个人在感染前后都是一个熊样，那是不是就说明他光荣正确伟大，没有任何的缺陷？ if a person is the same before and after the contagion, does that mean he's upright and laudable with no faults?
否则社会秩序会立即崩溃的, otherwise the social order would immediately collapse

Me:
我三点左右到那里，你能不能在火车站接给我？
这个会议太长了吧，无聊死我了。

成语
一言为定 it’s a deal, done and done (lit. one word settles it)
鞍前马后 to follow someone everywhere, be at their beck and call (lit. before the saddle, after the horse)
以貌取人 to judge by appearances
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
按, press/push; 按照, according to (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian：
你说的一言为定，what you said is a deal.
一 一个张丹妮混淆视听，一个地星人鞍前马后，配合还真是默契, one Zhang Danni muddying the waters, one Dixingren at her beck and call, what a pair.
我就知道你们这些人都是看脸的以貌取人, I know you people all just look at the face and judge by appearances.
按照他说的，烛九背后还有高人, according to what he said, there’s still someone higher up behind Zhu Jiu.

Me:
那双夫妇，他完全她鞍前马后。
按照这本书，不能这样写。

语法
之前 or 之后 at the beginning of a sentence/phrase, "Before ~" "After ~" respectively
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22before%22_and_%22after%22_with_%22zhiqian%22_and_%22zhihou%22

词汇
页, page (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 90

Guardian:
我不是之前跟你说过吗? didn't I tell you before?
之后所有人在大厅集合, after that everyone meet in the hall.
就为了这一页纸又是一场血雨腥风, such a bloody battle for this one piece of paper

Me:
之前我没吃茄子，但是现在喜欢了。
那本书只有六十页，你能看完得很快。

语法
就是 to mean "just, exactly, only..." oh dear.
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Emphasis_with_%22jiushi%22

词汇
前, front; also 前边, in front, 前天, the day before yesterday (another of those non-cognates). ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Link to introductory grammar, day 17

Guardian:
其实，我就是一个不太幸运的普通人, actually I'm just a rather unlucky ordinary person
应该就是那边了，it should be just over there.
前天吃的火锅，昨天和朋友喝了两顿大酒，今天还没吃，但喝了一下午的茶, the day before yesterday I had hotpot, yesterday I drank a couple of big ones with a friend, today I haven't eaten yet but I did have some afternoon tea. (Zhao Yunlan why are you like this)

Me:
我就是不喜欢晴天，怎么不下雨呢。
在我前边有一个窗户，就能看小公园。