三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
Compound sentence patterns
https://mandarinbean.com/compound-sentence-patterns-5/

词汇
普遍/普及, universal ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
特调处这块大好江山说忘便忘了, the once-great SID is as good as dead
就算你是他爸，这儿也不用你说了算, even if you are his dad, we don't need you laying down the law around here
[no "universal" words]

Me:
我时而工作时而看书。
这是普及的规则，你不懂吗。

谢谢 sakana17 for posting yesterday's entry! <3

成语
与时俱进 keeping up with the times, progressive, timely
无时无刻 never (but usually used with an additional 不 to end up meaning "always": double negative!)
不时之需 a potential time of need
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
将近, nearly; 将来, future ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
咱们地星呀，也得与时俱进, we of Dixing have to keep up with the times too
我无时无刻不再后悔, I will never not regret it
另一处交给了浮游让亚兽族时代镇守，以备不时之需, the other place was consigned to Fu You to have the Yashou protect it down the generations, in case of a time of need
现在不给你们搭把手，将来谁会帮我们, if we don't extend a hand to you now, who will help us in the future?

Me:
他无时无刻不会开玩笑。
将来你想上大学吗？

语法
S + 平时/平常 + V "do X often" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22pingshi%22_and_%22pingchang%22

词汇
英文/英语, English ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
老师也不知道你平时爱吃什么, I don't know what you usually eat either [I find Shen Wei's habit of using 老师 as a first-person pronoun when speaking to Li Qian rather touching, see also 放心，有老师在]
你这有没有张老师平常负责科目的挂科记录, do you have a record of the students who have failed the course Professor Zhang usually teaches?
老师，你又写错了一个英文字母, Professor, you've spelled another English word wrong

Me:
他平常为早饭吃香蕉，但是今天在吃苹果将。
你要就是个女朋友还是个英文老师？

语法
就 + V to mean "shortly" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_earliness_with_%22jiu%22

词汇
时候, time (when something happens); also 时间, time (in general), 有时(候) (sometimes), 小时 (hour) ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 38

Guardian:
那个你在那儿等着啊，我马上就到, you wait there, I'll be there in a moment
我们今晚就回来，你留下看家, we'll be back by evening, you stay home and mind the house
沈教授，这有时候我就觉得吧，你在我身上装了追踪器, Professor Shen, sometimes I think you've put a tracer on me

Me:
交货期就到，我要马上发送文件。
你什么时候去那个咖啡店，我想要跟你一起去。